TeamMates Community Partnerships Help Transform Lives

Nelnet helps support TeamMates (lincolnteammates.org) in many ways. The organization encourages employees to become mentors, offers several mentor recruiting events throughout the year, and provides financial support. Recently, Nelnet offered TeamMates the opportunity to participate in its Propelr program as an additional funding source for TeamMates.

Propelr is a free, reloadable, prepaid Visa card that raises money for participating organizations. When a Propelr card is used, participating merchants donate a percentage of the purchase cost to TeamMates or the other organizations of the holder’s choosing. The card is usable anywhere that accepts Visa, and there are currently more than 120 merchants participating in the give back program including grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, and even Amazon.com. The donations are given automatically by those merchants when the card is used at their stores and their donations range from two to twenty percent.

Propelr costs nothing to its users, but can help TeamMates a great deal. By using a Propelr card for groceries, gas and eating out a couple of times a month, one cardholder can raise almost $200 a year. One can sign up for a card at www.PropelrCard.com/TeamMates.

For participating merchants in the Propelr program, Propelr is able to drive new customers and increased loyalty to its merchants because cardholders with a close connection to their organization are more likely to patronize businesses that support what they care about. Additional information on the program and a list of participating merchants and their donation amounts are also available on the site. For more information, please call 844-565-7145.

For more about how TeamMates helps transforms lives, visit lincolnteammates.org.

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