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Guest blog: Tools of healing, 400 Bags of Hope delivered!

This blog is guest written by Leigh Sittenauer, Bags of Fun development and events coordinator

We (Bags of Fun Omaha) are excited to announce that we’ve delivered close to 400 bags since September of 2019!

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Guest blog: Guided by Kids to host Congressional Debate mini-camp

This guest blog is written by Fred Robertson, Guided by Kids founder and president

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Guest blog: HETRA relaunches Adaptive Carriage Driving Program

Guest blog written by Lucy Charvat, HETRA Grant Manager and Therapeutic Riding Instructor

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Golf and give back! Sign up to golf for good.

It's time to get out on the greens and enjoy the sunshine while doing good. RSVP now to your favorite golf events in support of great causes. Enjoy a day on one of the many great golf courses throughout the Omaha metro. With each swing, you'll help a meaningful local organization raise the funds they need to continue their vital work.

Bags of Fun Omaha
Golf Tournament
June 6, 2022
Indian Creek Golf Club – Elkhorn

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Women providing healing, promoting hope

Continuing with the celebration of the National Women’s History Month theme of "Providing Healing, Promoting Hope", we asked several community leaders to provide their thoughts on their hope for the Omaha metro’s future. According to the National Women’s History Alliance, “The gift of hope spreads light to the lives of others and reflects a belief in the unlimited possibilities of this and future generations. Together, healing and hope are essential fuels for our dreams and recovery.”

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Women providing healing, promoting hope: Omaha Better Birth Project

For March’s Women’s History Month, we look to the 2022 theme designated by National Women’s History Alliance. This year’s theme is "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." Omaha Better Birth Project does just that.

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Women providing healing, promoting hope: Rejuvenating Women

As we enter March’s Women’s History Month, we look to the 2022 theme designated by National Women’s History Alliance. This year’s theme is "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope."

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Black History Month at NorthStar Foundation

Copy of Black History Month (Twitter Post)

For Black History Month, Paris Cross, Community Navigator at NorthStar Foundation, coordinated a series of activities for students in the after-school program.

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March 26: The Gathering - The mission and meaning

This blog is guest written by Deb Hermann, marketing director of Cues Fund.

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2’s Day: What $22 can do in the Omaha metro

Whether you call it 2’s Day or TWOSday - 2/22/22 - February 22, 2022, which also happens to be a Tuesday, is such an anomaly it has captured pop culture’s imagination. Urban Dictionary predicts that the “world will annihilate itself with the antimatter version of the Earth and start the Universe again, restarting on 2’s day again, and again, and again.” Instead, we at SHARE Omaha propose that we honor this oddity of a palindrome date with a day of good.

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Some call it stories. Others call it a blog. But here you will find nuggets of goodness to use and -- you guessed it -- SHARE!