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Exciting news: Early Giving is now open for #GivingTuesday402 at SHAREomaha.org!

Are you at a loss for where to start when planning your giving for this biggest local giving day of the year? 

Welcome to Part 6 of SHARE Omaha's Giving Tuesday series, "What your dollars can do". 

Take some time now to explore these organizations and discover new-to-you nonprofits. Planning your giving is fun, easy and meaningful. That's a promise. 

It's as simple as choosing your nonprofits, clicking a dollar amount, adding to your cart and checking out! What good will you do? 

Rabble Mill: A $28 donation covers the cost of one helmet. A $125 donation pay for one youngster to attend a week-long camp.

Omaha Conservatory of Music: A $150 donation pays for a piano tuning, materials for a group class, recital programs. A $350 donation pays for musical scores for ensemble groups.

First Responders Foundation: A donation of $15 can provide a FR and/or spouse a book on emotional survival following trauma. A donation of $100 can cover the cost of 5 copays for a therapy session for a FR, including life-changing EMDR therapy.

Millard Public Schools Foundation: A $40 donation will cover one full request, providing a student with essential personal care items. 

RESPECT: A $500 donation will make one program possible.

Florence Home: A $100 donation makes it possible for the Life Enrichment department to bring in more entertainment, visitors.

Jewish Federation of Omaha: A $50 donation will help support kids and teens to attend preschool and summer camps.

Omaha Home for Boys: A $25 donation can provide one Christmas gift and one necessity for a young adult at OHB.

Voices in Alliance: A $100 donation will make queer theatre possible for the Artistic and LGBTQ+ Community.

Omaha Symphonic Winds: A $10 donation will make more music possible for the Omaha Symphonic Winds.

Lost Pets of Omaha Area: A $10 donation will make expanded services for reuniting even lost pets possible.

Heart Ministry Center: A $100 donation will provide about 50 pounds of food for a community member.

Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue: A $100 donation will make one day of pickup and deliveries for one truck possible.

CIRA: A $250 donation helps an immigrants apply for a work permit.  A $100 donation buys a weeks’ worth of groceries for a refugee when they arrive.  

Maple St. Construct: A $50 donation helps host emerging and renowned artists and speakers in the Omaha community.

Voices for Children in Nebraska: A $20 donation feeds a student policy advocates dinner. A $60 donation makes it possible for their policy coordinator to drive to the State Capitol to be a courageous voice for children.

S.O.L.A.S.:  A $30.00 donation will make purchasing one pail of litter possible.

Operation Super Jack: A $10 donation will make food possible for organization recipients.

Restored Wings: A $2000 donation will pay for a week's salary for house parents.

Latino Center of the Midlands: A $100 donation will make English, GED, or citizenship class materials accessible to a new member of our community.

Nebraska Journalism Trust: A $100 donation would help the Omaha reporting team cover important issues like housing, police, and schools, along with all of the arts and culture happenings in the weekly FFP Omaha newsletter.

NALA Rescue: A $250 donation will help control the pet population by having an animal spayed/neutered.

Asha's House: A $50 donation will help purchase classroom supplies. A $200 donation will supply a table for a classroom.

Combined Health Agencies Drive (CHAD): A $50 donation will go to whichever CHAD agency you choose. 

Siena Francis House: A $100 donation will make a week's worth of food, shelter, and clothing possible for one individual.

Madonna School & Community-based Services: A $100 donation helps fund enriching field trips for students and adults.

The Set Me Free Project: A $1,500 donation provides Adult curriculum for 1 community.

Bluebird Cultural Initiative: A $100 donation provides meals for youth activities.

Alternatives to Violence Projects - Omaha: A $30 donation will make sending holiday cards to family and friends possible for incarcerated citizens, a December tradition for the organization.

Stephen Center: A $100 donation provides warm beds, nutritious meals, medical care and the supportive services that give people hope and stability.

The House of Afros, Capes & Curls: A $25 donation will make a creative workshop possible. A $50 donation provides youth art supplies. A $100 donation will make a community event possible, such as their game night events.

PLCS Foundation: A $100 donation supplies 7 students with warm gloves, hats and scarves. A $250  donation provides 10 students with snow boots.

Completely KIDS: A gift of $12 feeds a child for a weekend - often the only food available.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Omaha: A $100 donation will feed a family of four for a week. 

Sleep in Heavenly Peace Omaha: A $250 donation will build a complete bunk bed including mattresses, pillows, and bedding.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25: A donation of $100 helps implement their latest community action initiative "Who do you love? Who loves you?®" in support of Vision Zero here in the Omaha Area. Vision Zero is all about what each of us can do to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries.

Victory Riding Academy: A $100 donation will provide 2 Veteran or First Responder sessions.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Nebraska: A$25 donation helps fund an episode of The Bloodline with LLS, a free podcast series that provides
information to patients and caregivers. A$50 donation helps fund educational booklets for healthcare providers and their patients.

Project Hope, Inc: A $1,000 donation would make it possible for Project Hope to serve 125 households with food to last one week.

Wildlife Rescue Team, Inc: A $25 donation will feed baby mammals and birds.

Ralston's Hollis & Helen Baright Public Library Foundation: Ten $50 donations will make another year's scholarship available to a Ralston High senior.

Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha: A donation of a $100 a month can provide a scholarship for one student for a year.

#GivingTuesday402 is supported by CQuence Health, Kiewit Corporation, Dundee Bank and Farm Credit Services of America