At a recent County-wide Young Life event, we were able to invite the YoungLives mentors to join the rest of the Young Life "family" for the evening and celebrate them as leaders. The night was themed as an awards ceremony, complete with a red carpet, "paparazzi" and awards. Because the group of YoungLives leaders was so large, we could not give them individual awards, so instead we gave them a group award: "YoungLives Wonder-Women Award." They all came up front and received a gift bag with a YoungLives t-shirt while I took the microphone and went down the line saying one way each of the women had proven that they should receive this award. It was a lot of fun and the mentors all felt appreciated- especially in front of the larger Young Life community who isn't always familiar with YoungLives.
Even if there isn't an opportunity to celebrate your leaders with Young Life in your area, you could always hold a YoungLives-only awards night and give each woman individual awars. But definitely have them get dressed up for the occasion!
Shared by Anneke Brown-Norwalk, CT
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