Profiles

Disability: Part Of The Equity Equation

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 4:00am

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Established in 1945 by President Truman, National Disability Employment Awareness Month recognizes and embraces the contributions disabled people have made in the workforce. The theme for NDEAM 2022 is “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation.”

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Remembering, Awareness, Healing Lights The Future

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 5:00am

October is Pregnancy And Infancy Loss (PAIL) awareness month. A variety of nonprofits in the Lincoln and Omaha areas offer services to those who have experienced loss. (Shutterstock)

In March 2016, Makaela Parsons was 38 weeks pregnant and eagerly awaiting the arrival of a baby girl named Kemptynn. She began feeling pain and fatigue but knew that women at this stage of pregnancy are often uncomfortable and thought that any discomfort was typical. When she noticed that Kemptynn had stopped moving regularly, her doctor advised her to count the baby’s kicks. After 30 minutes of feeling no movement, she and her husband Travis decided it was time to go to the hospital.

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Hawkins Brothers Produce Provides Healthy Fuel For The Office

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 5:00am

Sheldon Hawkins poses for a photo at his Fruit@MyOffice booth at a trade fair apporximately 5 years ago. Fruit@MyOffice offers a basket program that provides fruit and snacks to your employees. A professional from Fruit@MyOffice will deliver your fruit anywhere in the Omaha Metropolitan area on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis. (Courtesy of Fruit@MyOffice)

If success is based on the ability of a person or business to adapt and change, and we know it never hurts, you need look no further than to Fruit@MyOffice, a program of Hawkins Brothers Produce, for an example of a company that knows how to make changes on the move to maintain success.

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Who’s Fit to Work? WorkFit Director Tony Pofahl Breaks It Down.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 10/18/2022 - 5:00am

Workers who have taken a drug screening test or have been injured on the job may be familiar with what WorkFit is and what they do. Others might think it’s a gym where they have you lift heavy boxes as a workout. (In a way, that’s not entirely wrong. They do have lifting tests.)

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Dog Training Elite Omaha – A New Venture For Business Veteran

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 10/11/2022 - 5:00am

(Abby Drey / Centre Daily Times via AP Photo)

Bob Wiegand loves dogs, and he loved his former careers in the automotive and advertising industries. However, when COVID-19 hit, those industries weren’t always loving him back.

So, the Omaha-born businessman decided to make a move. Looking to start his own business, Dog Training Elite jumped into his lap, just like a good dog would do.

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Megan Hunt Wants To Make The Good Life Better

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 5:00am

State Senator Megan Hunt (left) and son Ash with their dog Cricket. Sen. Hunt represents District 8, which includes the neighborhoods of Benson, Dundee, Keystone, and Happy Hollow. (Ariel Panowicz)

A mother’s concern spurred her into politics. There was not only a concern for her young son, but for the welfare of all Nebraska’s children.

At the time, Omaha Public Schools were revising their sex education curriculum.

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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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Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court Fights For Those Who Fought For Us

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 5:00am

Graduates receive a personalized Veterans Treatment Court graduation certificate, a personalized flag in a triangle box, and their own, personalized graduation dog tag, engraved with “Honor Restored,” the program’s motto. (Carla Chance / The Daily Record)

They live by the credo, “leave no Veteran behind.” These are not mere words. These are actions not on the battlefields, but in everyday life, where their fellow veterans – who vowed to fight for our nation – often struggle to survive.

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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.