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LIFT Program Looking for Mentors

CHEYENNE - The Department of Workforce Services' LIFT (Life Improvement for Today) Mentoring Program is recruiting mature and retired individuals looking for a way to keep active by making a positive impact in their community and wanting to supplement their retirement income. The LIFT Mentoring Program is for you!

LIFT will be launched in September, 2008 in Casper and Cheyenne. The program's aim is to help individuals who are currently receiving financial assistance through TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, by providing them with a mature, retired mentor to offer advice and guidance. The final goal is for the TANF recipients to be successful enough to support themselves without government assistance.

Brad Westby, the Special Projects Program Manager for the Department, said, "Mentors should have the ability to actively listen, be a sounding board, ask challenging questions, provide feedback, be accessible, share experiences and be able to give sound advice."

Individuals who are 50 years or older, want to work a flexible schedule while supplementing their income, and would like to share their work and life experiences can apply at wyomingworkforce.org/lift/

For more information about the LIFT Program or about the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, visit wyomingworkforce.org or call 877-WORK-WYO.

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