In 2006, Judge Judy Sheindlin and her daughter started a mentoring programme with just eight or nine girls; 20 years later, it has involved around 1,500 young women and more than 1,000 volunteer mentors

• Twenty years later, the programme has grown into a regional mentoring network involving approximately 1,500 mentees and more than 1,000 volunteer mentors, according to Fox News and Her Honor Mentoring.