"You’re neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You’re right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right—and that’s the only thing that makes you right. And if your facts and reasoning are right, you don’t have to worry about anybody else." --Warren Buffet


Before a group of 1,000 guests celebrating TeamMates of Nebraska in LaVista, Warren Buffet participated in a guest interview with Tom Osborne about the mentors in their lives. Buffet cited his father and business partner Charlie Munger as having a significant influence on his life. Tom Osborne cited Bob Devaney, Woody Varner and his Uncle Virgil as significant role models.


Tom and Nancy Osborne founded the TeamMates Mentoring Program in 1991 in an effort to provide support and encouragement to school aged youth. The goal of the program is to see youth graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education. To reach this goal, youth meet one hour per week with a caring adult who serves as a mentor. Mentors are volunteers from the community who have dedicated themselves to making a difference in the life of a young person. Mentors give youth a sense of hope, purpose and vision.


The TeamMates Mentoring Program currently provides a mentor for over 3,000 youth across Nebraska and Iowa. The goal of TeamMates is to serve 10,000 youth and be nationally recognized as the leading school-based mentoring program by 2015.


www.teammates.org

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