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Recent News

TeamMates celebrates 2010 graduates
Nearly 30 students currently participating in the TeamMates Mentoring Program will graduate from high school this spring. To celebrate the graduates and to honor scholarship recipients, TeamMates hosted a celebration on the UN-L campus, April 30. Read More...

Spring Celebration to honor graduating seniors
More than 20 TeamMates seniors are slated to graduate this year. To recognize the seniors, TeamMates is hosting a Spring Celebration on Fri., April 30 on the UNL Downtown Campus, Student Union. The event is open to TeamMates students in grades 9-12, plus mentors of all TeamMates graduating seniors, TeamMates facilitators, and parents of scholarship winners. Read More...

Faith-based organizations believe in TeamMates
Close to 40 percent of Nebraskans volunteer, the second highest rate in the United States. Of that number, 39 percent volunteer with their faith-based organization. Similarly, the Lincoln TeamMates Mentoring Program finds that close to one-half of its more than 700 mentors claim a faith-based affiliation. Read More...

News & Events

Talent for TeamMates Competition

Sunday, Oct 3rd, 2010, 4 pm to 6 pm, St Mark's Church, 8550 Pioneers Blvd

Read more....

LPS STUDENTS, GRADES 6-12!
Audition for the first-ever Talent for TeamMates Competition
Auditions taking place Sept 1-3 and 7-8

For dates and locations....

MENTORS!

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Scholarship recipients' photos
now online

TeamMates honored the 2010 TeamMates graduating seniors and scholarship recipients at a Spring Celebration on April 30. Photos are now online.

Click here to see the photos

TeamMates of the Month

TeamMates form a special bond. Each month a new match is featured as TeamMates of the Month.

Read their stories...

The Mentor Newsletter online

You can now read the summer issue of The Mentor Newsletter online. Read it now.

Summer Ideas

School may be out but you don't need to lose contact with your mentee.

Thank Your Mentor

We still have a supply of post cards you can use to thank mentors. Although they say January, National Mentoring Month, they can still be a good tool to use. Stop by and pick up the cards at the TeamMates Office, 5901 'O' (in the Lincoln Public Schools District Office building).

Mentoring, Colin Powell style

Hear Gen. Colin Powell give a 30-second promo for mentoring.
Listen

Join the Club

Research shows that after 24 visits by a mentor during the school year, students experience fewer discipline referrals, higher grades, and reduced number of unexcused absences. Here's how to be a member of the 24 or More Club. Read more...

Mentors: Tour the Mentor Area

A new updated area for mentors has been added to the website, including dates to watch for, tips and resources. More is being added all the time so check back often. Access the area through Resources or through About Mentoring

See Recognition Luncheon
and Dinner Photos

TeamMates celebrated National Mentoring Month in January with a Recognition Luncheon and Recognition Dinner on Jan. 21.

Click here to see photos from the luncheon
Click here to see photos from the dinner

Learn more about the 2010 recognition awards.

Click here