Event recap
Shine bright 2026
- July 28 - 31
- Mid-America Center
You helped provide more than 5,400 full-sized hygiene kits to students in our community!
Because of the generosity of our sponsors and volunteers – more than 5,400 students received the essential hygiene items needed to ensure they have the confidence to go to school every day, ready to learn.
Thank you for helping local students shine by improvING their health, academics and confidence!
thank you!
We would like to extend a special “THANK YOU” for making our Shine Bright event a huge success!
On July 28-31, the Mid-America Center was filled with excitement, joy, smiles, great energy and a lot of heart. Every child deserves to come to school feeling confident and ready to learn, but for so many this is not possible.
Many students across the metro are lacking essential hygiene items such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, clean clothes and dental products — impacting their health, learning and confidence.
Making an impact for students this school year
“A student came to school with matted hair and has not washed in over a week.
We helped her wash her hair and brush it out and she left and was smiling ear to ear saying how beautiful she felt.”
Elementary School Social Worker
Together with so MANY VOLUNTEERS, WE CAN CREATE A STRONGER TOMORROW FOR OUR COMMUNITY
During the event, 358 volunteers from among 38 partners putting together boxes, setting out and organizing products, assembling and separating all of the kits based on grade, ethnicity, gender and school.
Participating Companies:
Asset Living
Bank of America & Merrill Lynch
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
Caesars Entertainment
Centris Federal Credit Union
CHI Health
Children’s Nebraska
Clarkson College
College Possible
Election Systems & Software, Inc.
Fiserv
FNIC
FotoFunSpot
GFiber
Goosmann Law Firm
Holmes Murphy
Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates
Liberty Packaging, an LDI Company
MidAmerican Energy
Millwork Commons
Molina Healthcare
Metropolitan Utilities District
Nebraska Medicine
OBI Creative
Omaha Storm Chasers
OPPD
Opti9
Pella Omaha
PJ Morgan Real Estate
RDG Planning & Design
Rocket Carwash
Tim & Terri Burke
T-Mobile
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Wellabe
Werner®
WoodmenLife
We hope everyone who participated in Shine Bright is filled with immense pride in knowing they helped make a difference for thousands of students and their families.
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Thank you to our sponsors
Get involved
You can dramatically change a child’s life when you support Shine Bright.
When a child is lacking essential hygiene items – it can be hard for them to focus on anything else. Helping students get access to the resources they lack allows them to build a better and brighter future for themselves and our community.