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From Words To Wishes: Bellevue Author’s Book Sales Fund Dream Come True For Bennington Boy

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 04/05/2023 - 12:00am

Josh Goblowsky suffered a traumatic brain injury at the age of three. After a long road to recovery, Josh became a children’s book author to share his unique life experience with readers. He decided to donate all of his book proceeds to The Sunshine Foundation, a wish granting organization that is close to Josh’s heart. (Photos Courtesy of Josh Goblowsky; Bottom middle photo by Alison Rodden / The Daily Record)

Josh Goblowsky is a young man with a big heart and a desire to help others. When he decided to write a children’s book series last year, he made the decision to donate all of the proceeds to charity. He chose The Sunshine Foundation, an organization that had a huge impact on him as a child. Though he didn’t know it at the time, that choice would end up having that same impact on a young boy living in Douglas County.

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Chief Standing Bear’s Courage Honored With Award, Sculptures

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/30/2022 - 5:00am

A 9-foot sculpture of the renowned Ponca Chief, Standing Bear, can be seen at Cenntiennial Mall between P and Q streets in Lincoln. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Ponca Chief Standing Bear won the first civil rights trial in Native American history when, in 1879, an Omaha judge ruled he could return to his tribal homeland in northeast Nebraska to bury his son. Standing Bear vs Crook resulted in Native Americans being considered people under the US Constitution.

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Combining Teaching And Tech To Actualize An ‘Innovation Playground’

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/23/2022 - 5:00am

Do Space is a one-of-a-kind concept: It’s a community technology library, a digital workshop, and an innovation playground filled with new opportunities to learn, grow, explore and create. (David Schildman / The Daily Record)

Do Space, located on 72nd street and Dodge, is a nonprofit focused on narrowing the technological divide by allowing people to access and learn about technology they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to use. They are, in their own words, “a community technology library, a digital workshop, and an innovation playground filled with new opportunities to learn, grow, explore and create.”

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Serving To Inform, Inspire Hispanic And Latino Communities

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 5:00am

Centro Latino of Iowa was founded on November 5, 2001, in an effort to assist the growing Latino community of Council Bluffs. It serves to educate and empower Hispanic and Latino families in any way they can, in partnership with the United Methodist Churches (UMC) of Council Bluffs.

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Lifting Unheard Voices In Omaha

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/09/2022 - 5:00am

Hugo Zamorano, set deigner for More Than a Number, adjusts his mural before a show.
(Jenny Pool / Anastasis Theatre Co.)

Coughs and throats clearing punctuate the heavy silence as the audience waits for the show to begin. The stage is clear except a few chairs, a couple of tables, and a mural landscaping the back wall. The mural depicts a collage of pictures in street-tag style, courtesy of artist Hugo Zamorano.

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Accepting Everyone In Need, Serving Hope

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 5:00am

Founded in 1975, Siena Francis House is Nebraska’s largest provider of services to individuals experiencing homelessness, and is located in six facilities at 17th & Nicholas Streets in downtown Omaha. (Shutterstock)

As of 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that roughly 580,000 people across the country are experiencing homelessness. In Nebraska alone it is estimated that at any one time around 2,400 people are left without a stable home to live in. Siena Francis House is trying to change that by making sure no one is left out in the cold.

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Ensuring Tomorrow Comes For Everyone Through Education, Awareness, Prevention

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/28/2022 - 5:00am

As September is Suicide Awareness Month, it is important to give focus to those who are trying to help those who are struggling with mental health and suicidal ideation. The Kim Foundation is focused on building education about mental health and suicide prevention, while breaking down the stigma around the issues that keep people from seeking help. The Foundation was created in 2001 by Larry Courtnage and his family, in honor of his daughter Kim who had died by suicide at the age of 24.

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Hardworking Hands, Equine Partners Provide Healing And Happiness

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 5:00am

The HETRA team is committed to improve the quality of life both physically and emotionally for adults and children of all ability levels through equine-assisted activities. (Courtesy of HETRA)

Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy all started with one participant, one horse and three volunteers. In 1989, Steve and Janet Henthorn established its mission –to improve the quality of life, both physically and emotionally, of adults and children of all ability levels through equine-assisted activities.

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One Omaha Puts The Neighbor Back In Neighborhood

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

In the world of community development, you may think about streets, buildings, and playgrounds.

But One Omaha’s role in community development is very different. The nonprofit exists to fill a specific need for all of Omaha’s 221 neighborhoods by equipping neighborhood residents to work together and address common problems.

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Nebraska Appleseed Seeks Equality, Justice, And Opportunity For All

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 5:00am

Approximately 28 years ago, members of the Harvard Law School Class of 1958 created an organization to help establish, and provide guidance for, nonprofit centers across the country. They were designed to address and reform systemic societal issues.