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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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Renovations coming along at Olson Community Engagement Center

SPOTLIGHT ALERT TOP STORY Renovations coming along at Olson Community Engagement Center COLIN LARSON Fremont Tribune Nov 20, 2018 Updated Nov 23, 2018 After plans to create the Olson Community Engagement Center were announced in June, the new center is inching closer to reality

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Effort fights food insecurity in metro

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – A public-private coalition plans to tackle food insecurity in the metro by looking beyond food as the only solution. The philanthropic organization United Way of the Midlands announced Monday it’s launching a community-wide initiative to address those currently

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