Long before he became President, GWB mentored a young African-American boy whose father was in jail. The cause of children with incarcerated parents has been near and dear to his heart ever since. Here is a letter a young boy named Raymond wrote to the President about his incarcerated father:
The President and First Lady with a group of Chinese children at the Great Wall of China.
Greeting children in Bucharest, Rumania.
Mrs. Bush and an interpreter listen as Princess Hisako Takamado reads a book she has written, "Katie and the Dream-Eater", to students at Akashi Elementary School in Japan.