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Register soon for these great professional development opportunities!
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Targeted Volunteer Recruitment
When: December 13, 2010
9:30 am- 4pm
Where: Option 1 Credit Union, 2400 West Road,
East Lansing, MI 48823 (Please note the location change)
 Recruiting volunteers can be intimidating. Join us to learn recruitment techniques and how to focus your message to engage any audience. This session will provide opportunities to practice recruitment presentations and receive feedback from peers. Lunch and snacks wil be provided and is included in the $40 session fee.
Register today! Targeted Volunteer Recruitment is session number 7038. Social Networking: Boundaries & Professionalism WebinarWhen: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10am Should you friend mentors in your program? Is it acceptable for mentors and mentees to be connected via a social network? Social networking (i.e. Facebook, MySpace, etc.) can be a tremendous resource. It can also be confusing for program staff, mentors and participants. This webinar is designed to provide information to inform social networking policies in mentoring programs. Register today! Social Networking: Boundaries and Professionalism is session number 7048. Tips and Tools for Developing Mentoring Program Policies and Procedures
When: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 10am Does your program have an updated policy and proc  edure manual? If not, then this webinar is for you! A clear and comprehensive policy and procedure manual helps guide all components of a mentoring program. Prior to this session, participants will be provided with a link to download the Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual template. This helpful document from the National Mentoring Center provides a guide for policy development. The webinar will walk participants through the template and answer questions related to specific policy questions. This session is ideal for newer programs and new staff or AmeriCorps members who are responsible for documenting program policy and procedures. Register today! Tips and Tools for Developing Mentoring Program Policies and Procedures is session number 7049. You can find information on other upcoming workshops and webinars by downloading our professional development schedule from the Michigan 4-H Youth Mentoring website. Please note that the date for Train the Trainer 2: New Training Activities has changed from Friday, January 21, 2011 to Monday, January 24, 2011.
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MSUE and 4-H Youth Development Day at the Breslin Center
| Come attend the sixth annual celebration of MSU Extension 4-H Youth Development at the Spartan Women's basketball game at 4pm on Sunday, December 5, 2010. FREE tickets are offered to MSUE 4-H youth and their families, volunteers, and program staff and families!
The game starts at 4pm and Gate D will open at 2pm for 4-H members, family and staff (2:30pm for the general public). Tickets are reserved through your local county MSU Extension office and must be ordered before November 30, 2010.
This is a great opportunity to engage 4-H Youth Mentoring matches and staff in an afternoon with the Spartan Woman's basketball team. You may even get your picture taken with Sparty! For more information and to reserve tickets, please contact your local county MSU Extension office.
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Program Highlight:
Journey 4-H Youth Mentoring
| Article submitted by Jenna Converse, AmeriCorps Member, Journey 4-H Youth Mentoring
 Being able to drink hot apple cider, roast hot dogs, and make s'mores around a bonfire is something some of us may take for granted. Many mentors are surprised to learn that their mentees have never experienced this fall tradition. This past month, matches from Journey 4-H Youth Mentoring in Ottawa County were able to go on a hayride and enjoy a bonfire at Rolling Acres Farm in Conklin, MI. The farm is owned by Bill Miller, one of our volunteers and he goes all out for us every year, providing a hayride through his orchard, a large bonfire, hot apple cider, and pumpkins for matches to take home. The mentors and mentees were able to make s'mores and roast hot dogs, something many of them do not get the chance to do that often or even at all. They had a good time trying to cook hot dogs on the huge fire, but Bill is a pro and had a smaller fire going that was easier to roast the goodies. The s'mores turned out great! We used the giant marshmallows and had some fun laughing at everyone trying to fit them in their mouths!
Bill began hosting this annual event with Journey 4-H ten years ago and has opened it up for all local mentoring programs in the Ottawa County Mentoring Collaborative for 8 years. An exciting piece of news from the event is that a local TV news station came out to do a special story on mentoring. If you live in the West Michigan area, look for that story to air on FOX 17 News at 6 on November 18th! Even if you aren't able to watch it when it airs, look for the link to the story on Journey 4-H's Facebook page, which also has pictures and video of the event as well. |
College Access: KnowHow2GO
| Disclaimer: This section of the newsletter is designed for mentoring programs to use within their newsletters. Feel free to cut and paste!
 Did you know that, according to the U.S. Department of Education, eight out of 10 youth, of all socio-economic groups, expect to attain a bachelor's degree or higher? Despite their aspirations, however, studies show that many low-income students or those who are first in their families to pursue higher education often lack the guidance they need to prepare for post-secondary education.
KnowHow2GO is a great resource that provides information on preparing for college for middle school through high school students. The website discusses why it is important to think about college at each step and outlines different topics to consider. For example, youth in their freshman year of high school have the perfect opportunity to start exploring all of the different options for post-secondary education. There are even resources for mentors to use, including a workbook that can be used by mentors and mentees together to help with preparing for college.
Visit http://www.knowhow2go.org/ for more information!!!
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5th Annual Michigan's Premier Mentoring Conference
| When: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
8:00am-4:15pm
Where: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
Don't miss out! There is still time to register and join mentoring professionals from across the state of Michigan at the fifth annual Michigan's Premier Mentoring Conference! While there, you will have the opportunity to interact with leading authorities who will discuss best practices, quality enhancement, and other topics that will help you give our youth the very best mentoring programs available. You will participate in interactive workshops based on new and effective practices in the field of youth mentoring and have ample opportunity to network with your colleagues. Hosted by Mentor Michigan, this conference is open to all professionals in the field of youth mentoring. This year, you also have the opportuntiy to attend a one-day preconference on November 16th with David DuBois, Ph.D. This session is designed for upper level staff to learn more about evaulation and research.
For more information about the 5th Annual Michigan's Premier Mentoring Conference, visit www.mentormichigan.org. To register, visit http://guest.cvent.com/d/kdqvdj.
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Mentoring Night at the Palace-January 22
|  Come celebrate mentoring with the Detroit Pistons and the Palace at Auburn Hills!! The first ever "Mentoring Night at the Palace" will take place on Saturday, January 22nd at 7:30pm as the Pistons take on the Phoenix Suns. A special emphasis on mentoring will be present throughout the evening.
You can purchase tickets now for the January 22nd game at a discounted rate. For every ticket sold through this website, Mentor Michigan will receive $5. The money raised from the event will be distributed through a statewide funding opportunity at a later date in the form of Detroit Pistons mini-grants. Please note that when purchasing tickets, you will need to use the keyword "mentor".
This is a great opportunity to engage your matches, program staff, family and/or friends in an evening out with the Detroit Pistons! You won't want to miss this awesome opportunity to highlight mentoring in Michigan! For more information about "Mentoring Night at the Palace", visit www.mentormichigan.org.
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