P4K Scholar Spotlight: IK Igbinigie
IK Igbinigie completed four years of programming with Partnership 4 Kids before receiving P4K’s All Our Kids scholarship to attend UNO. He initially enrolled in P4K because he wanted assistance with college preparation and heard positive things about the program from his peers. He also wanted some additional help and mentoring as he set career and college goals. Since enrolling in Partnership 4 Kids IK has achieved great success. He graduated from North High School with a 4.3 GPA, and is currently a junior maintaining a 3.7 in his...
read moreHerrre’s Johnny!
Meet John Matthews. He is P4K’s newest high school program coordinator and will be working with the 9th and 10th grade students and their mentors at Benson, North, and Northwest High Schools this fall. John says he looks forward to watching the students grow in their education and ability to fulfill their potential. “They accomplish so many wonderful things in a year, and it is very exciting to be a part of that,” he says. John is no stranger to helping students prepare for higher education. Prior to joining Team P4K, John worked as a...
read moreLet’s Meet Logan!
Meet Logan Campa! Logan is the newest member of Team P4K and will be serving as the agency’s high school and post secondary program coordinator. “I’m so excited to be working with students as they navigate higher education,” Logan says. Logan’s arrival to Partnership 4 Kids was quite an interesting journey. Born and raised in Hutchinson Minnesota, he studied History and Political Science with an emphasis in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He studied abroad in Morocco and after graduation, decided to run for...
read moreStudents Explore Entrepreneurship With Sharks, Popcorn and P4K
There is an old cliché that says the smell of success is sweet, but if you were to ask 98 P4K 8th graders, they might say that success smells more like popcorn. During the month of February, P4K 8th grade students learned about the art of entrepreneurship by starting their own businesses selling –you guessed it—popcorn! “We knew that popcorn would sell well and that the students could imagine all sorts of different ways to make their business unique and set it apart from the other students’ popcorn businesses,” said Partnership 4 Kids Middle...
read moreWill You TAGG for P4K?
Did you know you can support Partnership 4 Kids while you shop without spending an extra dime?! TAGG (Together A Greater Good) offers a free mobile app that when used at over 80 local businesses will donate 5% back to us. It’s so easy! Here’s how it works: 1) Download the free app: Together A Greater Good – available on Google Play and Apple Store Click here to Download 2) Visit participating businesses (listed on the app). Tap the TAGG My Purchase button and enter the amount. Tell the server/cashier, pay as usual, and they will...
read moreCongratulations to 2015 “Excellence in Mentoring” Award Winner, Mike Yanney!
Founder of Partnership 4 Kids, and local mentoring leader, Mike Yanney, received the 2015 National Mentoring Partnership “Excellence in Mentoring” award at the fifth-annual National Mentoring Summit kick off on Wednesday. “We are so proud of our co-founder and board member, Mike Yanney,” said Partnership 4 Kids President, Deb Denbeck. “Mike believes in the power of mentoring and remains actively involved in mentoring people from all walks of life. He continues to change lives and is a great advocate. This is an...
read moreWarm Hands & Hearts Spreading Throughout The Community
As the temperature snaps from delightful to frightful, parents everywhere are scrambling to snatch up winter gear that will keep their kiddos safe from the cold. Sadly despite all their efforts, many of these parents are not able to afford the cost of new coats and hats for little ones who seem to grow two sizes every year. The very thought of any child having to go without proper winter wear was enough to motivate P4K Operations Manager, Jen Arnold to do something about it. “When I started with P4K in 2011, I overheard a colleague mention...
read moreWelcome Bree & Debra!
We’ve recruited two new members to the P4K team, Bree Malone and Debra Shaw. Bree Malone is the newest addition to P4K’s elementary program team and will be managing the goal setting program at Fontenelle, Saratoga, and King Elementary Schools. She is a native Texan, and a die-hard Longhorns fan. She enjoys biking and horseback riding with her husband and keeping up with their four year-old son. Debra Shaw will be serving as an administrative assistant for the P4K team, AKA the glue that holds the entire office together. Although Deb is new...
read moreBoat Tours, Beanie Babies, Black Holes & Brad Kirshenbaum
On any ordinary scale, boat tours, beanie babies, brain freeze and black holes don’t have anything in common, much less have a reason to be mentioned in the same sentence. Then again, P4K’s newest team member, Brad Kirshenbaum is not any ordinary guy. “I was actually published as an expert source on astronomy when I was in seventh grade,” Brad says. In all fairness the credentials he was credited with (a college-level astronomy professor) were bogus, but the information that he gave in his response to the post was completely accurate. Brad...
read moreP4K University, July 7th-21st
P4K University is our newest and most comprehensive summer program. It allows students to select a “major,” or field of interest that they wish to explore from areas including: STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math), Law School For Teens, Medicine, Outward Bound Leadership Development, Healthy Living, The Arts and more! To see a complete workshop schedule, click...
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