By Mary Kate Gulick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm74Ockh8-0 Arranger. Woo. Communication. Maximizer. Activator. Those are Jim Collison’s top 5 Gallup Strengthsfinder attributes. And each one of is plain to see in Jim’s new YouTube video series, dedicated to promoting STEM in Nebraska. Jim…
Collective Impact 101: Training for Nebraska’s communities
Nebraska Children partnered with The Peter Kiewit Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, the Iowa West Foundation and the Lincoln Community Foundation to bring FSG to Nebraska to train on Collective Impact. What’s Collective Impact and who’s FSG? Collective Impact is…
Project Everlast rocks the red carpet
To celebrate Foster Care Awareness Month, Omaha’s Project Everlast council held a star-studded recognition event at the CASA of Douglas County event space. The evening started with each honoree strutting their stuff on the red carpet, where the “paparazzi” snapped…
Senator Kolowski Honored as an Afterschool Champion at Special Event in Nation’s Capital
Republished from Afterschool Alliance Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Afterschool Alliance last week recognized State Senator Rick Kolowski for his exemplary support for afterschool programs and the youth who participate in them. Sen. Kolowski was named a State Afterschool Champion at…
Celebrating our superheroes – Project Everlast Fremont
By Brenda Weyers, Associate VP, Visual Brand On Friday, May 2, Fremont’s Project Everlast Council gathered at for lunch at the Wooden Windmill to honor their “superheroes.” Their way of celebrating Foster Youth Awareness Month was to call attention…
Project Employment Launches: Job skills for independent living
Project Employment is a 5-day program for young people age 14-24 who are in foster care now, or have been in foster care in the past. In this program, these young adults will get the employment skills that local employers are…
Tagged with: employment, foster care, job readiness, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
The mothers of child advocacy in the U.S.
By Christie Rohe When it comes to advocating for the best interest of children, no one has played a more critical role than women. This week, in honor of Mother’s Day, we’d like to pay homage to some of the…
Posted in Cradle to career
Children matter most.
By Mary Jo Pankoke, President Here in the office at Nebraska Children, we’ve been asking our staff and supporters why we should ask others to fund our work over the many other worthy causes out there. We all have our…
Posted in Cradle to career
Partnership done right: Broken Bow’s Sixpence program
By Mary Kate Gulick The Broken Bow Sixpence program is a partnership between Broken Bow Public Schools (BBPS), Central Nebraska Community Services’ (CNCS) Early Head Start and the Central Plains Center for Services (CPCS). That’s a lot of acronyms. The…
Celebrate Arbor Day: Our 5 favorite children’s books about trees
Today is Nebraska’s favorite holiday! The first Arbor Day was celebrate on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska City when J. Sterling Morgan oversaw the planting of nearly 1 million trees in Nebraska. Share the green and growing spirit of Arbor…
Growing the Good Life 