January 2018

A mentor can became a very important person to the mentee in his/her life. Someone who has seen this first hand through her work with BCYMP is Amy Button. Amy got involved with BCYMP and joined the board in September 2017. She knew about BCYMP since the office was upstairs from her in MetaBank and […]

On January 18th, BCYMP had the privilege of hosting a Brookings Chamber Mixer in the wonderful upstairs space donated by MetaBank and we had a great turn out! Not only did we have a chance to chat with the many individuals in attendance,  volunteers and donors were honored during the event. BCYMP’s very own Kathy

Mentoring makes a difference not only in the lives of mentees, but in the mentors’ lives as well. People who know this well are two great BCYMP mentors, Kaitlyn Venner and Brittany Haberman. Both came to mentor with BCYMP through SDSU. Brittany became involved as a mentor after putting on a BCYMP bowling event as

There are many ways to support Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program, as Dave Hopewell, a BCYMP Board Member, will tell you. A few years ago, one of BCYMP’s co-founders, Orv Schmidt, told Dave to check out the program and after learning more at a fundraiser Dave was hooked. His work at GracePoint Wesleyan, a supporter

MENTOR SPOTLIGHT: Rachel Paula Rachel Paula has been a mentor with BCYMP for the last three years. However, Rachel’s work with BCYMP began before she became a mentor, as a member of the BCYMP Board of Directors. When Rachel saw a need for more mentors and the positive influence mentors had on children’s lives, she

MENTOR SPOTLIGHT: Ellyn Julius Ellyn has been a mentor with BCYMP since August 2017. Previously, she was involved in Big-Brothers Big-Sisters, a mentoring program similar to BCYMP. When she moved to Brookings she knew she wanted to continue mentoring and applied to BCYMP. Ellyn mentors because she knows she makes a positive difference in her