Event recap
Shine bright 2025
- August 5 - 8
- Mid-America Center
You helped us provide more than 5,400 hygeine kits to students in our community!
Because of so many people'S efforts – 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 and 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 August 5-8, 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
During this week, more than 5,400 kits were built and supplies for additional kits were delivered to jag nebraska students across the state
Shine Bright kits are distributed to Omaha Public Schools, Council Bluffs Community Schools, Papillion La Vista Schools and Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) Nebraska sites.
THANKS TO OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS, WE CAN CREATE A STRONGER TOMORROW FOR OUR COMMUNITY
During the event, we had 389 volunteers from 35 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:
Aflac
ALTRUSA
Bank of America & Merrill Lynch
BMO
Caesars Entertainment
Centris Federal Credit Union
Children’s Nebraska
College Possible
Creighton University
Delta Dental of Nebraska
Election Systems & Software, Inc.
Elite Disability Services of Nebraska
Federal Reserve Bank
Fiserv
FotoFunSpot
Goosmann Law Firm
Haley Residential
Kidwell
Liberty Packaging
Lincoln Financial
Metropolitan Utilities District
Nebraska Center for Workforce Development and Education
Nebraska Medicine
OPPD
Opti9
Paypal
Penske
Rocket Carwash
Omaha Storm Chasers
T-Mobile
Union Pacific Railroad
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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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.