Challenging Growth, Expanding Possibilities: Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program Needs YOU!
“To the world, you may just be one person, but to one person, you may be the world.” Do you really want to make a difference in your community? What if you had the opportunity to completely change someone’s life, just by hanging out with them once a week and being who God made you to be?
We’re asking you to consider being matched with a K-12th grade student on BCYMP’s waiting list. Currently, there are 30 mentees waiting to be matched, and more applications are expected soon, now that school has started back up. BCYMP will fully train you, equip you, and match you with a student in the Brookings area. You just commit to meet with your Mentee 1 hour a week for 1 year.
(That said, many BCYMP Mentors find that they, too, are blessed by the relationship, and they stay matched longer. If mentors are gone over the summer—such as college students mentoring younger people—there are ways to stay matched in the meantime!)
Now is a great time to sign up, learn more about the process, and jump in. The New Mentor Application is available to fill out on the BCYMP website and there are online options to complete the training.
As a trained BCYMP mentor, you will improve your communication and leadership skills, gain compassion and perspective on the lives of others, and expand your possibilities, both professionally and personally… all while positively impacting a young person’s life.
Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program is an evidence-based, structured program that builds and supports consistent, encouraging relationships to challenge growth and expand possibilities, for both mentors and mentees alike. A few highlights about the program...
BCYMP is one of GracePoint’s Community Partners here in Brookings, meaning they share our values and commitment to life change, while working collaboratively with us to meet people where they’re at, right here in our own neighborhoods. Just imagine how many youth in our area can be reached through the GracePoint family, as we team up with BCYMP this fall!
Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program’s vision is to see all students in Brookings County have adults who…
Ready to be a part of seeing that vision become reality in the Brookings area? Learn more about how K-12th grade students can get matched with a BCYMP Mentor at https://bcymentoring.org/get-a-mentor/, or find out how YOU can become a BCYMP Mentor at https://bcymentoring.org/mentor-application/. Questions? Call (605) 697-0444 for details!
We’re asking you to consider being matched with a K-12th grade student on BCYMP’s waiting list. Currently, there are 30 mentees waiting to be matched, and more applications are expected soon, now that school has started back up. BCYMP will fully train you, equip you, and match you with a student in the Brookings area. You just commit to meet with your Mentee 1 hour a week for 1 year.
(That said, many BCYMP Mentors find that they, too, are blessed by the relationship, and they stay matched longer. If mentors are gone over the summer—such as college students mentoring younger people—there are ways to stay matched in the meantime!)
Now is a great time to sign up, learn more about the process, and jump in. The New Mentor Application is available to fill out on the BCYMP website and there are online options to complete the training.
As a trained BCYMP mentor, you will improve your communication and leadership skills, gain compassion and perspective on the lives of others, and expand your possibilities, both professionally and personally… all while positively impacting a young person’s life.
Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program is an evidence-based, structured program that builds and supports consistent, encouraging relationships to challenge growth and expand possibilities, for both mentors and mentees alike. A few highlights about the program...
- Any K-12th grade student in Brookings County may have a BCYMP Mentor, regardless of income. There is NO cost to families for their student to connect with a mentor.
- Mentors are trained in ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Intervention and Search Institute's Developmental Relationships Framework.
- BCYMP is over 20 years old! The organization offers free 1:1 and small group mentoring opportunities, and follows best practices from the National Mentoring Partnership to recruit, screen, train, match and support mentors.
- BCYMP has a Disability Mentoring Certificate and is a member of Youth Collaboratory.
BCYMP is one of GracePoint’s Community Partners here in Brookings, meaning they share our values and commitment to life change, while working collaboratively with us to meet people where they’re at, right here in our own neighborhoods. Just imagine how many youth in our area can be reached through the GracePoint family, as we team up with BCYMP this fall!
Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program’s vision is to see all students in Brookings County have adults who…
- Express Care
- Challenge Growth
- Provide Support
- Share Power
- Expand Possibilities
Ready to be a part of seeing that vision become reality in the Brookings area? Learn more about how K-12th grade students can get matched with a BCYMP Mentor at https://bcymentoring.org/get-a-mentor/, or find out how YOU can become a BCYMP Mentor at https://bcymentoring.org/mentor-application/. Questions? Call (605) 697-0444 for details!