Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome it. It's
Speaker 1: time for our community connection right here on Kay one,
Speaker 1: the one you trust, and I'm blessed to have our
Speaker 1: young scholars at Bartlesville in here.
Speaker 2: Ms. Cameron. How you doing today?
Speaker 3: I am doing wonderful.
Speaker 2: You're always wonderful.
Speaker 3: I try to be.
Speaker 2: He comes in with a smile. All the time. You
Speaker 2: brought France, you brought Bethany Burns in today. How you doing,
Speaker 2: beth I'm doing good.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 2: You're a senior right, yes, right here in Bartlesville. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's good to be a bruin. Huh yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, we're going to be talking about young scholars.
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about mentors. We're also going to
Speaker 1: get Bethany's aspect on this, and we're going to also
Speaker 1: talk about ways that we can propel.
Speaker 2: This forever and ever and effort. First of all, we
Speaker 2: need mentors.
Speaker 4: We need mentors absolutely. I was in here a couple
Speaker 4: months ago. We were looking for mentors. We did get
Speaker 4: a couple, yay, yeah, so thank you, But we are
Speaker 4: still looking for mentors.
Speaker 3: We have students that need a mentor.
Speaker 4: That just helps guide them through the process of life
Speaker 4: and through the process of you know, the applications of
Speaker 4: college and just being there for them.
Speaker 1: This is what Young Scholars is all about, is guiding
Speaker 1: kids who never really had the chance to see or
Speaker 1: be around people.
Speaker 3: And that's what we hope to do.
Speaker 4: I mean, we take kids we started in the sixth
Speaker 4: grade and they do have to be in the program
Speaker 4: by the tenth grade, and we just tried to provide
Speaker 4: them with education and resources that is going to make
Speaker 4: them successful when they get to college, because you know,
Speaker 4: a lot of kids can get to college, but they
Speaker 4: don't really know what to expect. They've not had a
Speaker 4: lot of financial classes, they've not had a lot of
Speaker 4: leadership classes, they've not had just the we're going to
Speaker 4: be talking about public speaking.
Speaker 3: She's gonna get real excited about that. Just different things
Speaker 3: that you're going to encounter in college.
Speaker 4: And if they can encounter it sooner than when they
Speaker 4: get to college, they's so much more successful and so
Speaker 4: much more prepared.
Speaker 1: You know, a guy like me, I didn't know anybody
Speaker 1: who went to college. I mean I heard some of
Speaker 1: my older friends going to college, but that whole aspect
Speaker 1: was Okay, you're going far away.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to see you and you're going to
Speaker 2: learn something. Okay, great, what's that mean for me?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 2: I wound up.
Speaker 1: Going to college, but I got to tell you I
Speaker 1: had a mentor that really made it a lot better
Speaker 1: than what it could have been. What is your h
Speaker 1: your whole experience been so far with this since becoming
Speaker 1: a part of the Young Scholars.
Speaker 5: Bethony, it's been good. I do have a mentor. I've
Speaker 5: had her for a couple of years now. She does
Speaker 5: help a lot, like apply for college and whatever, and
Speaker 5: I do go to financial classes we talked about for
Speaker 5: college and stuff.
Speaker 2: So eye opened her, isn't it.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Oh, that's how it's done.
Speaker 4: And it's still hard for them to understand until they
Speaker 4: actually get out there and do it. But hopefully once
Speaker 4: they're out there doing it, then they can fall back
Speaker 4: on some of the classes and some.
Speaker 3: Of the stuff that they've been taught.
Speaker 1: I have a daughter who's a teenager and her first job,
Speaker 1: she wanted to know who this mister Fikau was.
Speaker 2: Me too, because he keeps taking her money for her check.
Speaker 1: But you know, that's one of the things that's kind
Speaker 1: of an eye opener there too, is that when you
Speaker 1: get paid. It gets shared a little bit too, so
Speaker 1: you got to be prepared for that. Now, do you
Speaker 1: feel a lot more confident going into this college thing
Speaker 1: coming up than you did, say, maybe a year or
Speaker 1: two ago.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I'm still scared, but like I think
Speaker 5: she did have a little healthy here. Yeah, I just
Speaker 5: I think I do have more preparations and whatever. My
Speaker 5: mentor will be there if I need help.
Speaker 3: She has a great mentor.
Speaker 2: Well, you're not going to be there alone.
Speaker 1: You know, you can always pick up the phone and
Speaker 1: say hey, and that mentor can guide you right through there.
Speaker 3: And sometimes it's easy as that. For a mentor, it's easy.
Speaker 4: It's answering a text, maybe not at midnight, but entering
Speaker 4: a text, man for a phone call, or you know.
Speaker 3: Just just answering her quick question.
Speaker 4: It's not always an extravagant let's go out to eat
Speaker 4: and let's go watch a movie or let's go do this.
Speaker 4: I mean, it can be that, and that's fine for them,
Speaker 4: but sometimes it's just another sounding board.
Speaker 2: I think that really that really helped.
Speaker 1: I mean I'd sleep easier at night if this was
Speaker 1: going on a little bit earlier in my life. But
Speaker 1: this is a wonderful resource that we have here in
Speaker 1: our community, and we do need mentors. Now you've been
Speaker 1: working with Big Brothers, we do.
Speaker 4: We partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters majorly. They help
Speaker 4: us out tremendously on that. They vet everybody and they
Speaker 4: kind of monitored that relationship and Daniel and myself and
Speaker 4: Todd work really close with that. So we currently need
Speaker 4: I believe three or four mentors. But we are also
Speaker 4: wanting to open up this program to some more students
Speaker 4: in the spring semester. In order to be able to
Speaker 4: do that, we have to have mentors.
Speaker 2: So let's shoot. Let's shoot for a dozen.
Speaker 3: A doesn't a dozen?
Speaker 2: I like that?
Speaker 3: I like that.
Speaker 4: I'd love to get to the point that I have more.
Speaker 4: I have a waiting list of mentors. I think that
Speaker 4: would be fun.
Speaker 2: That would be fun.
Speaker 1: Now, in order to keep this going, this is a
Speaker 1: nonprofit organization, nonprofit and we rely on of donations, Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: And sometimes it gets to be around tax time. Folks
Speaker 1: are going well, who have they shared with lately? Well,
Speaker 1: please consider young scholars.
Speaker 4: Of yes, so they can go to our website which
Speaker 4: is Bartlesville scholars dot org. Or you can come buy
Speaker 4: our office. We're in the RSU building on the eighth floor.
Speaker 4: You can call my phone number, which is on our
Speaker 4: website as well. You can send, you can wave me
Speaker 4: down in the street whatever I would love.
Speaker 2: Don't I have that conversation.
Speaker 4: We also have a really big fundraiser coming up. It's
Speaker 4: a little early, but I'll go ahead and mention it.
Speaker 4: We have our annual fundraiser called Uncork Your Supports. It's
Speaker 4: a great one. It is scheduled for February twenty second.
Speaker 4: Tickets are on sale on our website and it is
Speaker 4: a wine and food pairing And every year we choose
Speaker 4: a different country, and so this year the country themes
Speaker 4: not really a country, but the.
Speaker 3: Theme is Latin America.
Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, we've already chosen the wine, and I
Speaker 4: promise you it's amazing. I cannot wait for the food
Speaker 4: and I also cannot wait to announce what twenty twenty
Speaker 4: sixth theme is.
Speaker 2: Goodness, So who you pairing up with?
Speaker 3: As far as the food, we are using melodies.
Speaker 2: Right right there in the building absolutely.
Speaker 3: Absolutely always has a great food.
Speaker 1: No, we just go to the website there and we
Speaker 1: can purchase our ticket.
Speaker 2: Yes, all right, And where are you going to hold this.
Speaker 3: It is that Saint John Father Lynch Hall.
Speaker 2: Oh great, I know right there at the keeler. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, So there you go, and we'll be back on
Speaker 4: later talking more about that. But if they they know
Speaker 4: they want to go, and we're still looking for sponsors,
Speaker 4: we still have a few sponsorships left.
Speaker 3: Silent auction is a big deal with that event.
Speaker 4: So if you want to if you've got a business
Speaker 4: and you want to put together a basket or one
Speaker 4: of the things that you do in your business, we'd
Speaker 4: love to showcase that, put that in our silot auction.
Speaker 4: That's always a good way to get your name out
Speaker 4: there about a business put together a silent auction.
Speaker 3: So we're looking for that too.
Speaker 2: Well, this is great, beth Andy.
Speaker 1: I don't want to get too personal here, but if
Speaker 1: you picked out a college, not yet.
Speaker 4: We keep throwing her, We keep throwing her things to
Speaker 4: think think about this, think about this.
Speaker 2: You always thought about the building you're in, you know.
Speaker 4: And one of the great things as she's completing this
Speaker 4: program is that she will get a scholarship from us
Speaker 4: any one where she's going. The program is much more
Speaker 4: than a scholarship program. It is a mentorship program. It
Speaker 4: is a building building you up and ready for college.
Speaker 3: But in the end they do get a college scholarships.
Speaker 4: And then a four year degree and hopefully they come
Speaker 4: back to Bartlesville and kind of start the cycle over
Speaker 4: of giving to the community.
Speaker 1: And that's starting to be a thing. Four years and
Speaker 1: I didn't think that you'd ever come back. And next thing,
Speaker 1: you know, hear five, I'm home.
Speaker 3: So a fun story.
Speaker 4: We just elected our new board members and one of
Speaker 4: our new board.
Speaker 3: Members was a student. So she went through the program.
Speaker 4: She went to college, she came back, got a job
Speaker 4: in Bartlesville, and she is joining our board of directors.
Speaker 4: And I just think that is a huge testament to
Speaker 4: the program.
Speaker 2: Bull circle, full circle, Bethy, what are you going to study?
Speaker 3: I want to do nursing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, very good, very good. We need them.
Speaker 1: We lot of One of my daughters is a nurse
Speaker 1: and another one is a physician's assistant. It's a wonderful
Speaker 1: it's a wonderful vocation. It's also a calling of the heart.
Speaker 2: You know that.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to tell her, No, knew that this
Speaker 1: is wonderful. Now, where can we find you on the
Speaker 1: world Wide Web again?
Speaker 4: We are at Bartlesville Scholars dot org or anyone can
Speaker 4: reach me on my phone which is nine one eight
Speaker 4: seven six six six six seventy five.
Speaker 2: Do you have a Facebook page, dude?
Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, yes, Young Scholars of bartles will find
Speaker 4: us on Facebook. We recently just did a day of
Speaker 4: giving where we raised enough money that mister Earl Sears
Speaker 4: has to kiss a real pig.
Speaker 3: And so I'm hanging with this.
Speaker 2: But with this, I bet Earl's happy to do that.
Speaker 3: He is so excited to do that.
Speaker 4: So we are working on finding the pig and getting
Speaker 4: that all set up. So you can watch our Facebook
Speaker 4: because I can promise you something is in the works
Speaker 4: that is going to be very entertaining and adorable and
Speaker 4: adorable goodness.
Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing the good news absolutely, Young Scholars
Speaker 1: of Bartleswoo, ladies.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
Speaker 3: Thanks for your time.
Speaker 2: Married Christmas.
Speaker 1: We'll be talking to you again coming up about the
Speaker 1: big event in February soon