Entrepreneur Duncan Campbell’s own troubled youth provided the impetus for founding Friends of the Children in 1993. It began with three mentors (called Friends) serving 24 children in three northeast Portland, Oregon neighborhoods. Today, more than 80 Friends are guiding, supporting and mentoring over 600 children in eight communities across the country. Faithful Friends is a faith-based model of Friends of the Children, which began in 2006. Its only chapter is located in St. Louis, Missouri.