Service Club Partners

TeamMates Service Clubs Partnerships Support and Collaboration

Our Service Clubs Partners provide support in the following ways:
1. Have 10% or 20 mentors (whichever is most reasonable for the club) from within their club.

2. Sponsor a TeamMates event at the $2500 level or above or sponsor at least one mentor-mentee match within their club @ $500/match.

3. Sponsor/Endow a scholarship of at least $500 for a student in the TeamMates program.
Our Service Clubs Partners provide collaboration in the following ways: (Must fulfill all of the collaboration steps)

4. Identify an individual or small committee within the club to serve as the liaison between the local TeamMates chapter and their organization.
a. A liaison should be someone who is currently mentoring as Teammates mentor or is interested in becoming a mentor or board member

5. Create an annual action plan that focuses on recruiting and celebrating mentors.
a. Hold annual or bi-annual (small companies) and quarterly (larger companies) recruiting events within the company
b. Recognition or appreciation events for current mentors within the club

6. Keep members informed of  any pertinent news about TeamMates and upcoming TeamMates events in club newsletters, bulletins or web sites.
a. Choose  a week or month to highlight the TeamMates partnership(January is National Mentoring Month, which makes it a great time)
b. Provide opportunities for members who are already mentors to share their information about their experience  at meetings

Optional Steps for TeamMates Partnership:

-Choose to have all the mentors trained at the club site by a TeamMates staff member

-Choose to adopt a school in the community as a club