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Take Action for Mentoring

Take Action for Mentoring
“It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my life, and I mentor children myself. It really touches your hear when you start seeing them really wanting to get advice, counsel and also cry to you about things that aren’t going right for them. I think everybody should be a mentor” -…
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Collective Impact

Collective Impact
By: Whitney Mastin Midlands Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is a collective impact organization that works in cooperation with mentoring programs serving the Omaha metropolitan area.  According to John Kania & Mark Kramer in an article titled Collective Impact, published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2011, “successful Collective Impact initiatives typically have five conditions that…
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2014 Advocate of the Year

2014 Advocate of the Year
Midlands Mentoring Partnership is excited to announce our 2014 Mentor Advocate of the Year, Mutual of Omaha and Mutual of Omaha Foundation, nominated by Youth Emergency Services (YES). According to MMP Executive Director, Deborah Neary, “the Advocate of the Year award honors a business or organization that is committed to helping young people achieve their…
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Midlands Mentor Partnership Announces 2014 Mentor of the Year

Midlands Mentor Partnership Announces 2014 Mentor of the Year
Midlands Mentoring Partnership is excited to announce our 2014 Mentor of the Year: Dakotah Taylor, a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands. According to MMP Executive Director, Deborah Neary, “the Mentor of the Year award honors individuals that are committed to helping young people achieve their potential through mentoring. In bestowing this…
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