Pamida Supports District 29 TeamMates

Pamida Supports District 29 TeamMates


The Auburn Pamida Store and the Pamida Foundation awarded the local TeamMates chapter a $500 grant to cover the costs associated with group activities plus those attached to transporting TeamMates students and their mentors on field trips.

During the 2010-11 school year, two group activities are planned. On October 2, District 29 TeamMates will participate in Peru State College’s Homecoming Festivities. They will walk in the Homecoming Parade, attend a PSC Tail Gate and cheer for the PSC Bobcats during the homecoming football game.

In November, TeamMates students and mentors will travel to Omaha’s Quest Center to take in a Creighton Basketball game. Each year, one of Creighton’s home games is designated as a TeamMates Day, a day in which TeamMates adults and students are admitted free of charge.

Susan Reynoldson, a PSC intern for Elaine Hanson, discovered the Pamida Foundation is committed to improving the lives of citizens in the communities in which Pamida stores are located by awarding grants to support community projects. With the assistance of Nancy Fuller, secretary of District 29 TeamMates Advisory Board, Ms. Reynoldson wrote and submitted a grant proposal.

Lisa Jones, manager of Auburn Pamida, announced the grant application had been approved. Jones presented a $500 check to two TeamMates advisory board members. Jones stated, “Pamida is committed to supporting Auburn and in this case, the TeamMates Mentoring Program.”

The TeamMates Mentoring Program was founded in 1991 by Dr. Tom and Nancy Osborne. TeamMates is a school based mentoring program that matches adult volunteers from the community with students in grades four through twelve. Mentors meet one hour per week to provide support and encouragement to youth. The TeamMates Mentoring Program serves more than 4,000 youth in 114 communities across Nebraska and Iowa. To become a mentor in the District #29 TeamMates Mentoring Program, contact Dianne Peterson at Calvert Elementary School at 274-4129.

Picture ID: Lisa Jones, manager of Auburn Pamida, presents $500 to District 29 TeamMates Advisory Board members, Barb Billesbach (left) and Elaine Hanson (right).

Hearing the Message!

Special thanks to the following Omaha based companies who took a break from work yesterday to hear the TeamMates message! Tom Osborne and a TeamMates mentee presented to a large group. We hope you join the team and become a mentor!

Cline Williams
Koley Jessen
Northern Natural Gas
Security National Bank
Waitt Interactive
Waitt Outdoor
Waitt Investments

A Wonderful Journey

Teammates of Crete

TeamMates of Crete celebrate teamwork and the power of mentoring!


Click on the image above to link to the Crete Public Schools website!

TeamMates of York

YORK — The entrée was a celebration of TeamMates Thursday night at York, with heaping helpings of mentor recruiting and fundraising on the side.

The first of what York TeamMates Program point man Brian Tonniges hopes to be many annual banquets preceded a golf outing Friday.

“We hope to make this into something,” Tonniges said of the two-pronged festival, “just to celebrate TeamMates and as our fundraiser.

TeamMates sponsors a $1,000 scholarship locally for any student who sees his or her mentor/mentee relationship through to high school graduation, then goes on to pursue a degree.

An equal goal, he said, is to “maybe sway some people here to be a mentor or maybe you know someone who would be a great TeamMates volunteer.”

TeamMates, originally started by Coach Tom Osborne using Husker football players for mentors, has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, mentors and their young mentees are seemingly everywhere. Typically, adult mentors are matched with students in sixth or seventh grade. Many of the relationships continue through high school.


That’s exactly the case for mentor Chad Hammer and.....

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MMP Mentor Fair 2010 on Saturday, June 5th 12-4pm

Midlands Mentoring Partnership Mentor Fair 2010
Do you want to make a difference in the life of a child? Not sure how to get involved? Come to the Westroads Mall on Saturday, June 5th from 12pm-4pm to visit with representatives from 11 area mentoring organizations. Find the organization is the best fit for you.

Representatives from: All Our Kids, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midlands, Boys and Girls Club of Omaha, Child Saving Institute, Girls, Inc. Pathfinders, Ollie Webb Center, Inc., Omaha Home for Boys, Omaha Street School, Release Ministries, TeamMates Mentoring Program, Youth Emergency Services (YES).

For more information call 402-392-2025 *1005

Conversation Starter

Conversation Starter!

Keep the communication alive this summer. Make plans to talk to your mentee over the phone or become pen pals! It's easy to keep the communication going when you make it quick and easy. Call at the same time you mentored during the year or drop a postcard in the mail with a few words of encouragement. It's the small things that let people know you care!

Activity of the Day: End of the School Year

It's the end of the school year and that means a change in the mentoring relationship.

- If you plan to continue with the student, assure them you will see them next year, even if they will be going to a different school

- Brainstorm ideas to stay in touch during the summer (Refer to your TeamMates Training Manual - you'll need to complete a separate Plan for Meeting Out of School form for EACH meeting.

- Be sure to celebrate all the good work you've done together during the year. Perhaps interview each other about the changes you've experienced!

CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS! LET YOUR MENTEE KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THAT YOU ARE PROUD THAT THEY MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR.

Activity of the Day: Start A Memory

Take one mentoring session to reflect on the school year! Use these questions to gather your mentees thoughts about the year. A GREAT way to put this all together is by scrap booking a memory page, a scrap book or gather things in a memory box. Put together items from your mentoring experience this year! This can be simple - write a note to your mentee about your experience. Let me them know you've enjoyed meeting. Include photos, crafts, or memory items! After a couple years of meeting you'll have a wonderful collection!


1. Looking back on the past school year, what was the highlight?
2. What was the worst thing that happened?
3. What was your proudest moment at school?
4. What was your proudest moment at home?
5. Who are some of the new friends you made this year?
6. What was your hardest subject this year?
7. Who was your favorite teacher?
8. What would you say is one of your best skills or talents?
9. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, how would you rank this past school year? What could have made it better?
10. What are you looking forward to this summer?
11. What are you looking forward to for next school year?

Activity of the Day: Get to Know Each Other

Get to know each other! Complete the following questions together or on your own. Share your answers with each other!

1. If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?
2. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
3. What is one goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime?
4. When you were little, who was your favorite super hero and why?
5. Who is your hero? (a parent, a celebrity, an influential person in one’s life)
6. What’s your favorite thing to do in the summer?
7. If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you?
8. If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why?
9. What’s your favorite cartoon character, and why?
10. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why
11. What’s the ideal dream job for you?
12. Are you a morning or night person?
13. What are your favorite hobbies?
14. What are your pet peeves or interesting things about you that you dislike?
15. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
16. Name one of your favorite things about someone in your family.
17. Tell us about a unique or quirky habit of yours.
18. If you had to describe yourself using three words, it would be…
19. If someone made a movie of your life would it be a drama, a comedy, a romantic-comedy, action film, or science fiction?
20. If I could meet anyone in the world (past or present) I would meet....