I Am A Success: Mar Sha Paw
Mar Sha Paw moved to the U.S. in 2008 from a refugee camp in Thailand. She struggled to adjust to her new surroundings, learning a new language, and a new way of life. Mar Paw was shy and felt self-conscious about how her English pronunciation sounded out-loud, so making friends and participating in school was difficult at first. She joined P4K as an eighth grader, which helped her to connect with new friends and practice her English. Mar Paw found so much value and support as a participant in the P4K program that she continued...
read moreI Am A Success: Hollyn Mosely
Current P4K scholarship recipient, Hollyn Mosely has not taken the traditional route to find post-secondary success, but she is driven to reach her professional aspirations and with a little help from P4K, she is well on her way. Hollyn started her journey with P4K as a middle school student nearly two decades ago. She graduated from high school in 2008 and enrolled in college right away, but due to an unforeseen family tragedy, her studies suffered and soon after she withdrew from all of her classes and left school. Flash forward to the...
read moreP4K Employee Spotlight: Porschea McAllister
Congratulations to P4K Program Coordinator, Porschea McAllister who is our featured employee spotlight this week! Porschea McAllister said the love and compassion P4K shows its students is the same qualities that P4K shows its employees. “Desmond Tutu said ‘We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.’ I believe that this quote summarizes what P4K not only strives to do, but does within its family. P4K is a family. Not just a family of...
read moreThe Road to Success-Timberly Walker’s Story
Partnership 4 Kids (P4K) student, Timberly Walker plans to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to study social work this fall. She is eager to dive into her classes and her new “college life”. But college wasn’t always part of Walker’s life plan, in fact, when she was in middle school she had already written college off as a pathway that wasn’t for her. After transitioning from elementary school to middle school, Walker struggled to make friends and to keep her grades up. Luckily, support from P4K staff, mentors and her fellow P4K...
read moreKnicely Done: Serena’s Success Story
Find out more about Serena Moore’s experience with P4K. Click HERE to read the full article.
read moreWe are looking for VISTA Summer Associates To Join Our Team!
Dreaming of summer on this overcast day? Check out our VISTA Summer Associate positions! The P4K Summer Associate will: -provide all staff support duties related to P4K summer programming for middle and high school students. – register students in workshops based on career interests, communicate this final registration information to students and parents, prepare attendance record tallies, and provide support needs for staff. – attend all summer workshops interacting with students and providing support staff needs including...
read moreThank you for joining us at the P4K Holiday Open House
Happy Holidays to our 435+ volunteers and mentors, community advocates, and Board Members. We celebrate you and thank you for making a significant impact in our students. We thank you for joining us a the P4K Holiday Open House on December 14th. It was a pleasure to spend time with you during this holiday season. As a reminder, our office will be closed beginning Monday, December 25th through January 1, 2018. Happy Holidays from P4K!
read moreP4K’s Own Viridiana Almanza Named GrantWatch #WomanCrushWednesday Winner!
Congratulations go out to P4K’s own Viridiana Almanza who was named Grant Watch #WomanCrushWednesday Winner. Click HERE to read the full article.
read moreElva’s 2nd Semester Success!
“Partnership 4 Kids never lost hope in me, you gave hope to me and to my family.” Elva Ramirez is one of 100 students in the Partnership 4 Kids scholarship program. She is working towards a degree in Public Health at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Elva joined P4K as a freshman at Omaha South High School, after she learned how much her friend enjoyed being in the program. Finally, Elva asked how she could sign up. Elva applied, interviewed and was accepted into P4K by then Program Coordinator, Nick Sasada. “I remember Nick was such a...
read moreGive Back To P4K With The DataShield Challenge!
Attention all P4K corporate partners: Did you know your business can help support P4K, simply by using DataShield Corporation for your company’s document destroying needs? It’s true! For any P4K associated company that switches to DataShield for your document destruction needs, DataShield Corporation has generously agreed to donate the proceeds from the first two months of services they provide, right back to P4K. A special thanks to P4K corporate partner, Omaha Steaks, for blazing the trail as the very first business to take...
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