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Day of Caring 2024 Recap

You helped us provide more than 5,000 care kits to students in our community!

We would like to extend a special “THANK YOU” to YOU for making our Shine Bright – Care Kits for Kids event a huge success! August 7-11, the MidAmerica Center was filled with excitement, joy, smiles, great energy and a lot of heart.

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Be proactive in providing help

Article published by Omaha World-Herald Just as public health officials explain that it’s important for communities to deal with the coronavirus’s health effects earlier rather than later, the same should go for addressing the virus’s local economic fallout. It’s encouraging to

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Health department reports local COVID-19 cases

Article published by DC Post-Gazette OMAHA – The Douglas County Health Department (DCHD) has received presumptive confirmation of two more COVID-19 cases related to the first case and a fourth unrelated case as of Tuesday. These presumptive positive cases are

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A Path Forward

United Way engages community partners to help thousands of area youth find their way Samantha Hurtado-Holguin, left and her youth academic navigator Evelia Gutierrez. Published by Omaha World-Herald Written by Mike Watkins, Special for United Way of the Midlands As

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