The Mentor Diaries: Ashley Cordt By: Ashley Cordt, BCYMP Mentor 10/02/19 Being a mentor for the Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program is one of the best decisions I have made since coming to Brookings. I am a sophomore Exercise Science student. I recently added a Leadership and Management of Nonprofit Organizations minor to my studies […]
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Mentor Eligibility & Recruitment Wrap-Up By: Tory Arbach, Program Intern 10/01/19 Here at BCYMP we follow researched best practices in youth mentoring, as established by the National Mentoring Partnership. The best practices for the long-lasting positive outcomes for mentoring relationships are divided into six standards: Recruitment, Screening, Training, Matching, Monitoring/Supporting, and Closing. The one we
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Valero Rocket Launch 3.0 By: Josie Nelson, Marketing Intern 09/31/19 For the third fall in a row, Valero Renewable Fuels, located in Aurora, hosted a rocket build and pizza party for BCYMP Mentoring Pairs. Fifty people attended the event. BCYMP Mentor and Mentee Pairs were invited to the Dakota Nature Park in Brookings to get
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BCYMP INVITES YOU TO JOIN ITS MENTORING SUPPORT SQUAD You can probably tell a story about someone who helped you when you were a kid. What was his or her name? Did you know that 22% of youth surveyed today can’t name a single adult who encourages their growth, provides support, or expands their horizons?
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BCYMP appreciates the generous support of the Brookings community. Recently, one of our wonderful Mentors, Alison Tappan, was given the opportunity to take their BCYMP Mentees on a visit to Bobcat of Brookings. Our mentor had reached out to Dave Jacobson, the manager, who was delighted to give the two a tour and showed the
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Have you ever thought to yourself, “I want to give back, but how and when will I have time?” Adam Holtquist is a new BCYMP mentor who recently found himself asking, and fortunately for us, answering those questions. For a while he thought, “I’m going to get more involved”, “I’m going to do something”, but
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We just discovered that the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has declared this week Random Acts of Kindness Week and challenged people to celebrate and spread kindness! We at BCYMP encourage those in Brookings to participate. We live in such a wonderful community so let’s really make it shine this week by spreading kindness. You
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At BCYMP we know that both mentors and mentees learn and grow from the mentor/mentee relationship. A mentor that knows and spreads that message is BCYMP’s JYMC and Recruitment Intern, McKinley Lain. In addition to his responsibilities as an intern at BCYMP, McKinley has mentored with BCYMP for 2 years. McKinley applied to mentor with
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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
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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
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