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Speaker 1: and she's with the Helpline Center and we're going to
Speaker 1: talk about becoming a mentor the Sue fifty two Mentoring Initiative.
Speaker 1: This is something that's been going on for a couple
Speaker 1: of years and it's a big deal, isn't it.
Speaker 2: It is a big deal. Yeah, we're excited to highlight it,
Speaker 2: especially this month because it's National Mentoring Month and just
Speaker 2: to help gain more awareness and to falls about what.
Speaker 1: This initiative is and Sue fifty two Mentoring. The concept
Speaker 1: is to become a mentor. And the thing that I
Speaker 1: will tell you get more out of it as a
Speaker 1: mentor than you put into it at one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: I guarantee it.
Speaker 2: That's exactly right. That's something we definitely promote when we
Speaker 2: speak to businesses and we're trying to get individuals to
Speaker 2: sign up is that the benefit of the relationship is
Speaker 2: really mutual. The mentees get a lot out of it,
Speaker 2: the mentors get a lot out of it. And studies
Speaker 2: have shown individual to mentor time to have higher job satisfaction,
Speaker 2: have higher satisfaction in just their life in general as well.
Speaker 1: And the thing that is cool, the reason they call
Speaker 1: it SOUE fifty two mentoring Initiative. The concept is to
Speaker 1: become a mentor for one hour a week, you would
Speaker 1: spend time with somebody, and that's just fifty two hours
Speaker 1: a year. So that's why it's sue fifty two. And
Speaker 1: that hour the thing that's crazy, It goes by so
Speaker 1: fast and you look forward to it because it's staying
Speaker 1: much fun.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and our nonprofit partners who are providing these opportunities
Speaker 2: are really great. I'm making sure it stays at an
Speaker 2: hour because especially if they're pulling away individuals from their
Speaker 2: job or we realize everyone has crazy busy lives, but
Speaker 2: we truly do feel like every single person can give
Speaker 2: just an hour a week to make a difference in
Speaker 2: someone else's life as well as once you're mentoring an individual,
Speaker 2: it doesn't just stop there. Oftentimes there's a trickle effect
Speaker 2: where that mentee wants to become a mentor themselves, or
Speaker 2: it impacts the mentees families lives as well.
Speaker 1: And if you're looking to maybe get some more information
Speaker 1: on this, the helpline Center of Sue Falls, their website
Speaker 1: has it, but you can simply find on the website
Speaker 1: Sue five to two meter dot org, so sou fifty
Speaker 1: two meter dot org and on here you can get
Speaker 1: information about different organizations that you can volunteer with. But
Speaker 1: there are several organizations that are looking for volunteers to
Speaker 1: become mentors right now, aren't there.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yeah, the need is definitely very great in Two Falls,
Speaker 2: especially as this city continues to grow, the need for
Speaker 2: mentors just continues to grow as well. Especially in our
Speaker 2: school district. We're noticing that mentoring is declining unfortunately, even
Speaker 2: though we're identifying more and more students that are qualifying
Speaker 2: in our good candidates to have mentors. So we definitely
Speaker 2: want to get the word out about how easy it
Speaker 2: is to get signed up. If you go to su
Speaker 2: fifty two dot org, there's a quick form you can
Speaker 2: fill out. We'll get you connected to the mentoring opportunity,
Speaker 2: assist with onboarding, assists with training, and then get you
Speaker 2: partnered and how you start mentoring out in the community.
Speaker 1: And there's a bunch of opportunities. I just I'm on
Speaker 1: the website now Sue fifty two dot org, Sue and
Speaker 1: then just the numbers five two Sue fifty two dot org,
Speaker 1: and I clicked on the program with informations one tab
Speaker 1: for youth programs and other adult and family mentoring and
Speaker 1: other senior programs. So the nice thing is if you're saying,
Speaker 1: you know, I would rather spend time with a senior
Speaker 1: citizen or I'd rather spend time with a child, there's
Speaker 1: different opportunities because everybody's probably looking for something a little
Speaker 1: different in their life, right.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely, We totally recognize youth mentoring might not be
Speaker 2: for everyone, and so there are so many opportunities to
Speaker 2: mentor a young entrepreneur, someone who's previously incarcerated, a young
Speaker 2: single mom, as well as you know, to see your citizen.
Speaker 2: Program we have with LSS is a very strong program
Speaker 2: where all mentors get partnered with an individual that is
Speaker 2: over the age of eighty years old. They're maybe feeling
Speaker 2: some type of loneliness or isolation and just helping them
Speaker 2: combat that site, creating that relationship and being a friend
Speaker 2: to that individual.
Speaker 1: And again, January is National Mentoring Month, so this month
Speaker 1: there's a little bit more of a focus on letting
Speaker 1: people know about this. But this is not just a
Speaker 1: January thing. It's twelve months out of the year and
Speaker 1: there's always an opportunity. So if you're going, well, I'm
Speaker 1: busy right now, I can't do it now, but maybe
Speaker 1: in February I have time to start something like this.
Speaker 1: You could start at any time. Really, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2: I think a lot of times two people think are
Speaker 2: in school mentoring they have to get signed up before
Speaker 2: the school year starts, and that's not true either. They
Speaker 2: can start that at anytime as well as any of
Speaker 2: the other opportunities. They want more mentors, so anytime you
Speaker 2: sign up. So we just want to gain the awareness
Speaker 2: for the initiatives because it's like you said, someone's gonna
Speaker 2: be really busy right now, but they at least know
Speaker 2: SU fifty two exist, so that's down the road. They
Speaker 2: have the time to volunteer and get a little more
Speaker 2: plugged in the community. They know that this opportunity exists.
Speaker 1: Well, Emily Thank you so much for doing what you
Speaker 1: guys do at the Helpline Center. We appreciate you taking
Speaker 1: the time to chat with us about this today.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, thank you so much for highlighting it.
Speaker 1: Absolutely again, Emily Waldner with the Helpline Center. If you'd
Speaker 1: like to learn more about SUE fifty two the mentoring Initiative,
Speaker 1: you can get all of the details at Sue five
Speaker 1: to two dot org. Against SUE fifty two dot org
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