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SHARE Omaha's Do Good Days 2025, during National Volunteer Week, highlighted the critical need for volunteers in the metro area, and you responded! Passionate individuals, families and corporate groups raised their hands to support local nonprofits and got to work. Thank you to all who served and gave!

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These are just a few of the ways area volunteers made a difference in our community between April 23-26, 2025:

• Forty new Access Period volunteers prepared 4,000 pairs of period underwear for distribution.
• American Reforestation Initiative volunteers distributed 200 trees to Omaha residents on the anniversary of the 2024 tornado that hit Elkhorn, Nebraska.
• Twelve volunteers for The Blue Bucket Project gathered 21 thirty gallon bags of litter/trash along the North Omaha Trail near N. 28th & Pratt in Omaha.
• Six Feline Friendz in Nebraska volunteers held two adoption events in two locations.
• Eight MilkWorks volunteers wrote lovely, heartfelt messages to new mothers.
• Eighteen NeighborGood volunteers made 10 deliveries, moved shelving and boxes and served 15 families.
• Twenty-two Omaha Home for Boys volunteers cooked and packaged 300 pounds of OHB ground beef to help young adults in their programs have access to fresh, nutritious protein as a base for a homecooked meal.
• Open Door Mission volunteers made egg and tuna salad sandwiches and sorted Amazon surplus donations. Throughout the week over 250 volunteers helped achieve regular operational volunteer needs such as serving food and serving in Outreach Centers.
• Twenty-eight Project Hope volunteers served 126 households with 475 individuals in their food and clothing pantries.
• Seventy-five QLI volunteers spread 7 truckloads of mulch, deep cleaned 5 full houses, deep cleaned 8 resident apartments, provided spa services for 75 residents, and had a whole heck of a lot of fun!

“Our team is pulled into many directions while caring for patients during the difficult time of recovery, oftentimes leaving things like deep spring cleaning to the back of the ‘to-do’ list. If they have the choice between spending time working with a client / family or cleaning, they will choose the family - but the deep cleaning is always on the back of their mind / mental to-do list. Having volunteers help knock those things off the list gives our team members peace of mind and allows more freedom to focus on where their skills and expertise are needed - with our clients and families.” - QLI team

• Ninety-five Siena Francis House volunteers helped serve around 4,000 meals. They also helped sort and organize donations, prep meals and more.
• Seventeen 50 Mile March volunteers worked on landscaping, pulling weeds, painting, trash pickup, tree trimming - so many tasks to help beautify the exterior of their property.
• Volunteers for 100 Black Men of Omaha judged their Youth Shark Tank Challenge and provided feedback on their business proposal projects.
• Sixteen volunteers for Dear Diabetes packaged and set up over 45 auction/raffle items, assembled raffle boxes, and prepared name tags and packages for over 100 guests at Strike Out Diabetes. In addition, the volunteers sold raffle tickets, announced winners, and cleaned up the bowling alley. Going above and beyond, volunteers also completed A1C and blood pressure testing for over 20 guests.
• A dozen volunteers for Foster Heart + Hope hung and tagged hundreds of clothing items, cleaned and organized 4,000 sq ft of space, built several racks, and hung 6 picture frames.
• Twenty-three Gotta Be Me volunteers joined participants in an awesome singing and dancing show on the Stinson stage, and for two days of the Handmade Omaha show, with more than 800 customers and participants.

“We had an amazing volunteer from Do Good Days help us clean up phase one of the North Omaha Trail.” - Spark

• A new Joslyn Castle and Gardens Goth Night volunteer guided guests to the bar, restrooms and bussed empty cups on two floors of the Castle.
• Two Kids Can Community Center volunteers engaged preschool classroom enjoying students’ show and share and then reading to the kids.
• Millard Public Schools Foundation volunteers at Bingo for Books helped with check-in, updated Bingo cards during the game, assisted at the book fair behind the register, and later helped with cleanup.
• Ninety-four Nebraska Diaper Bank volunteers wrapped 69,510 diapers, which will serve 1,159 babies.
• Ten Radio Talking Book Service volunteers read an entire book, Union Square by Nebraska author Adrian Koesters. The pieces will be edited together and air for 12,387 statewide listeners.
• Seventeen Scatter Joy Acres volunteers helped clean and care for the animals.
• One hundred and thirty-four Heartland Hope Mission volunteers helped distribute, pack, or stock food, clothing, household goods and hygiene items for over 300 families in need, or close to 1,200 individuals.
• Thirty-five No More Empty Pots volunteers cleaned garden beds, cleaned rooftop garden, offered greenhouse support prepping produce for programming and cleaning grow towers, and cleaned out the admin basement.

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#DoGoodDays is supported by Fiserv, Metropolitan Utilities District and Omaha Steaks