The National Mentoring Partnership has identified 15 million youth in need of a mentor. Each year, in an effort to help close the gap, the head football coaches from each of the universities within Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska have issued a friendly challenge to see which state can recruit the most new mentors. This year as the multi-state challenge launched, TeamMates was joined by the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota and Mentor Michigan. Any new mentor application received between August 1 and November 30, 2013 will count toward the “score” of the respective state. The overall winner of the 2013 “Coaches Mentoring Challenge” will be announced the week of December 13th.
The Lincoln Chapter has set a goal to recruit 600 new mentors during the months of the Coaches Challenge and will be participating in a friendly internal competition to see which Nebraska chapter can recruit the most mentors. If you have a friend or co-worker you think would make a great mentor, NOW is the time to invite him or her! Mentors meet one hour per week at the school to provide support and encouragement to youth. Please help the Lincoln Chapter win the Coaches Challenge in 2013! For information on how to become a TeamMates mentor go to lincolnteammates.org or call (402) 436-1990.