Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program
builds and supports consistent, encouraging mentor relationships that offer new opportunities for both Mentors and Mentees in Brookings County, SD.
"To the world, you may just be one person, but to one person, you may be the world."
Be Committed. Be Connected. BCYMP Be One.
Volunteer
Support our mission by volunteering as an individual or with a group. We welcome volunteers of all skill levels and talents!
Mentor
Become a Mentor and change lives, provide support, encourage growth, and expand future possibilities for a Mentee.
Donate
Partner with us to help more K-12 students in our community grow up with a Mentor. Thank you for your support!
Looking for programming options for youth?
Mentoring, Small Group Mentoring, and Summer Career Readiness Series info are now available!
Our Mission
BCYMP strives to increase the resiliency of young people in our community and add protective factors by building and supporting consistent and encouraging relationships with trained, caring adults.
Hear From BCYMP Mentors, Mentees & Parents:
"Positively impacting lives, one child at a time, cannot help but positively impact our community as a whole."
Stacey
"With mentoring, you may sit with someone who has gone through something. I recognize that I don't have all the answers, and I'm okay with that. It's okay to walk with someone through a time offering hope and encouragement. That has value."
Bruce
"My mentor has come to my dance recitals, band concerts, and she watched me in the Hobo Day parade. She also helps me with school work, like doing PowerPoints. She’s awesome."
Alexis
"My daughter’s Mentor shows her things that are possible, that my journey would not have taken us on or that I wouldn’t have access to."
Kay
"My daughter has excelled in academics and sports, she is more focused, she is more attentive to me, she listens to me, and does a lot less arguing."
"She makes her a stronger person, she believes more in herself, she is more outgoing, and more willing to do things that she normally didn’t want to do."
"I mentor because I wanted to have a positive impact on a child’s life. My older sister was a great role model and source of support while I was growing up, so I wanted to be able to provide that same experience to someone who needs it."
"Mentoring is a unique opportunity to reach out to someone and share with them a perspective that might be a little different from this everyday life."