YMI Mentor Monthly - January 2024 Newsletter

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'Mentor Monthly' Newsletter

January 2024

It's National Mentoring Month!

It's here! National Mentoring Month is YMI's favorite holiday.

Thank you, mentors, for helping our youth thrive wherever they are. As we've seen within our program, your impact on your one student has an innumerable ripple effect.

We look forward to celebrating you this month at our Mentor Appreciation Trivia Night. Join US on Tuesday, January 23 as we celebrate YOU. Trivia and dinner will be provided from 6-8:00 pm at the Delaware Township Community Center (9094 E 131st St, Fishers). Mentors are encouraged to bring a guest (especially a prospective mentor!). Registration is required and can be found HERE.

YMI would like to recognize our one, three, and five year mentors for January.

Five year - ROLE MODEL

Kyle Affolder

Mary Bippus

Bob Eldridge

Stephanie Hamelmann

Chris Helt

Three year - ENCOURAGER

Leslie Bernhardt

One year - MENTOR

Important Dates & Updates

Blue shirt week - Please plan on wearing your YMI shirt (if comfortable) to mentoring the week of January 15. I look forward to seeing you!

Mentor 2.0 - Join YMI staff and fellow mentors to learn best practices on communication styles, growth mindset, guardian engagement, and more -- including exciting new YMI updates. If you're wondering how to better connect with your mentee and best practices in the field of mentoring, this opportunity for learning and collaboration among YMI mentors is for you!

Tues, Jan 30, 8:30 - 10:00 am

Wed, Feb 28, 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Please email Megan to confirm your attendance for either session.

Coffee & Convos - Save the date for a coffee & convos session on Thursday, February 8 at 8:30 am. Mentors will meet at Niyyah (8100 E 106th St, Fishers) for conversation and community. If interested in attending, please email Megan.

In the Community - YMI would love to meet with your organization, club, peer group, or friends. Please contact Megan or complete our Contact Us form if you'd like to schedule a community conversation.

QPR - It's smart to be prepared. Consider joining a Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention training. Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide has two hour sessions available this fall.

January 16, 4-6:00 pm Register HERE

Missing Meet the Mentor? You can now find it in the YMI general newsletter "Our Schools, Our Students, Our Community."

Mentor's Corner

This month Chris Helt, a five year mentor with YMI, will be sharing her tried-and-true mentoring tip as a guest columnist.

I am excited to share a valuable tool that I created called the HAPPY SCALE. The happiness scale goes from 1 to 10 so my mentee can evaluate her personal happiness. I use the scale as a discussion starter, and for a way to teach my mentee that she is in charge of her happiness and mental health. I ask "What is your happy scale number right now?". She responds with a number and we discuss the reason(s) for it.

My mentees know they are in control of moving that number in either direction. They also know the danger area on the scale and when to ask for help. I hope you give it a try. I think you will see the benefits too.

Thanks for sharing, Chris! If you have questions about her Happy Scale, you are welcome to contact Chris HERE.

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