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MENTORS
We need adults from a variety of professions and backgrounds to assist our student participants as they assume leadership roles on each team, learn to make a difference, and embark on a lifetime of humanitarian service. We call these adults our Service Year Mentors.
We always need:
- Medical Professionals (doctors, nurses, PAs, EMTs) are always needed on each team. Before applying, individuals from these fields should be familiar with our Policy regarding the role of a medical mentor
- Individuals with backgrounds in education, business, banking, social work, or vocational training for each program.
- A Rotarian to assist in projects funded through Rotary International for each program.
- Anyone with other special skills! Please contact us at office@youthlinc.org or 801-467-4417 and we can explore where we could best utilize your expertise!
International capstone
Mentors will have the opportunity to travel to an international site for two weeks in June or July to participate in service abroad.
ENSURE SAFETY
Mentors will help supervice humanitarians while in country.
MENTOR HUMANITARIANS AND ALUMS
Mentors will help facilitate committees plan and execute projects.
ENCOURAGE
Mentors will be cheerleaders for humanitarians in completing their local service.
ATTEND
Mentors will attend all team meetings.
WANT TO BE A MENTOR?
Requirements and Tasks
- A college graduate or 25 years of age
- Must be comfortable working and communicating with teens
- Must be able to supervise humanitarians
- Attend team and committee meetings
- Lead committee planning and projects
Necessary Skills
- Successful experience working with young people
- Excellent communicators and facilitators
- Mentors are cheerleaders for our humanitarians
- Be able to lead and facilitate committee projects
I was a mentor on the Kenya 2013 trip. It sounds cliche, but it truly was an experience of a lifetime and one I know will live within me forever. The other mentors were amazing people, all with unique gifts to give. The students surpassed expectations I had before our adventure. They worked tirelessly and always with a smile and a positive attitude. Their compassion was an incredible model for my young son who accompanied us.
Our team spoke often about service as belonging and never was it more true than with this group and with the communities that we visited. One of the priests at the school said, “It only takes a minute to know someone, but you remember them for a lifetime.” I feel blessed to have made this journey in the company of so many stellar individuals.
Alane GaspariKenya Mentor 2013
"Being an adult mentor for Youthlinc really felt more like being the luckiest mom out there. Being a "mom" to 23 other kids was very sweet. I wished all their parents could have been there to see the selfless and wonderful moments of love. I know they'd be as proud as I was."
Kaysha Price2017 Thailand Mentor
"I have been so humbled. I have been inspired. I have learned how far our thought, effort and preparation can give in service for others."
Jordyn Cardwell2023 Cambodia
"My most impactful experience was not necessarily an experience that I had with the locals in Nepal. It was witnessing the youth I was mentoring come together, work and become friends in service. To watch them grow even over these short two weeks was a blessing worth every dime spent and hours invested."
James Harris2023 Nepal
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