Columbus TeamMates

07/21/2026

🦆LAST CALL FOR DUCK TICKETS 🦆

Columbus TeamMates is selling tickets for the Duck Race! 100% of the proceeds from tickets sold through Columbus TeamMates will go directly back to our local TeamMates program.

🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at the Columbus TeamMates office until Thursday, July 24th at 4:00! $10 per ticket.🎟️

07/04/2026

07/02/2026

🦆 Support Columbus TeamMates and the United Way! 🦆

Columbus TeamMates is selling Duck Race tickets!
Stop by the TeamMates office to purchase yours.

06/24/2026

Get Your Duck Race Tickets and Support TeamMates!

Columbus TeamMates is excited to be selling tickets for the Duck Race! Best of all, 100% of the proceeds from tickets sold through Columbus TeamMates will go directly back to our local TeamMates program.

🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at the Columbus TeamMates office. $10 per ticket.🎟️

06/20/2026

“You get a friend and a person to support you and stand by you and laugh with you till you graduate.”

This simple but powerful statement from a 5th grade mentee captures what mentoring is all about.

A mentor is someone who listens, encourages, and shows up consistently. Through every challenge, success, and milestone, mentors help students feel supported and valued.

Relationships like these are changing lives every day, and it all starts with one caring adult choosing to be there.

Interested in making a difference in a student's life? Learn more about becoming a mentor today at TeamMates.org!

06/12/2026

05/22/2026

🎓 Hats off to our grads!

Across the communities we serve, students are celebrating an incredible achievement—graduation! We are so proud of the perseverance, growth, and determination these students have shown throughout their journey.

Graduation is more than a ceremony; it’s a reminder of what’s possible when students are encouraged, supported, and reminded that they matter. ❤️

Congratulations to every graduate on this milestone. We’re cheering you on every step of the way.

👇 LOCAL CHAPTERS: Show off your grads! Drop your graduation photos in the comments so we can celebrate students across the TeamMates community together. 📸 🎉

05/20/2026

Congrats to Lakeview grad, Reagan Hinds, and her mentor Karla Rosendahl, who have been together since 6th grade! Reagan received a $1000 Columbus TeamMates scholarship. Eva plans to attend Nebraska Wesleyan and major in digital marketing & graphic design and participate in track & field. Congrats Reagan!

05/19/2026

Congrats to Lakeview grad, Tatiana Henke, and her mentor Hope Gibbs, who have been together since 7th grade! Tatiana received a $1000 Columbus TeamMates scholarship. Tatiana plans to Northeast Community College and major in welding/automative technology. Congrats Tatiana!

05/18/2026

Congrats to CHS grad, Jeily Pena Marino, and her mentor Kim Loseke, who have been together since 9th grade! Jeily received a $1000 Columbus TeamMates scholarship, as well as the University of Northern Iowa TeamMates scholarship valued at $4000. Jeily plans to attend UNI and major in biochemistry. Congrats Jeily!