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MacKenzie Scott supports child mentors with $44 million gift

Mentors play games with kids at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Program Director Alan Arce, right, chats with siblings Moises, left, and Yancy Rodriguez at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) An art piece with children's hands is displayed at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Jorie Das, executive director of Friends of the Children Los Angeles, works on her laptop at the organization's Antelope Valley office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bernice Rodriguez, center, poses for a photo with her kids Moises, left and Yancy at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Nuria Castaneda, 6, left, plays a game of Jenga with mentor Jessica Duran at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Aleksander Robinson, 7, plays at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Jorie Das, executive director of Friends of the Children Los Angeles, center, interacts with children and mentors at the organization's Antelope Valley office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Jorie Das, executive director of Friends of the Children Los Angeles, left, plays a game with Noraa Lopez, 7, at the organization's Antelope Valley office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Nuria Castaneda wears a toy crown while playing a game of Jenga with a mentor at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Mentor Joaquin Canizales, left, walks with Asher Robinson, 8, outside of a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Mentors Ashakia Morgan, left, and Angel Garcia, top center, chat with Aleksander Robinson, 7, while playing battleship as Issac Portillo,8, top right, plays the drums at a Friends of the Children office Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Lancaster, Calif. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)