By Mary Kate Gulick, Content Manager We’re 3 days away from Thanksgiving, our annual celebration of the abundance and love we’re so lucky to have in our lives. One look at your Facebook feed during November will remind you –…
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Blankets for Camp Catch-Up
Are we really thinking about summer camp before Thanksgiving even hits? Um, yes. It’s a tradition to give each camper at Camp Catch-Up their very own homemade blanket to keep them warm at camp and take home as a keepsake.…
Child Saving Institute awards Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
The Child Saving Institute awarded their A.W. Clark Award to Nebraska Children and Families Foundation at their November 5th Luncheon. The award is named for CSI’s founder, and is given to an organization that has demonstrated vision and continuing outstanding…
Youth Connect is this Monday!
Think of it as a services fair for young adults who need help. Come to Youth Connect! We’ll even have free pizza and pop for youth who attend. Here are the details: Monday, October 21, 2013 6pm-8pm THE BAY 2005…
NET spotlights foster youth and education
NET’s series The State of Education in Nebraska has covered multiple educational topics since it began – STEM in schools, out-of-school learning, early childhood interventions, among others. On Monday night, the station recorded its latest installment about how to address…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, net, project everlast
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Project Everlast honored with Roots of Justice Award
Last Thursday, Nebraska Appleseed held its Good Apple Awards ceremony honoring, among others, Project Everlast for its role in helping LB 216, the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Supports Act, pass. Amy West, Child Welfare Policy Coordinator at Nebraska Appleseed…
Making birthdays special for youth in foster care
Schalisha Walker knows first-hand what it’s like to have your birthday pass unnoticed each year. She entered the foster care system at age 2, and was on her own again at 17. “I know what it’s like to not feel…
Clothes and household items needed for Youth Mart!
Nebraska Families Collaborative will hold a donation drive on October 12 and 13 in Omaha to gather household goods for “Youth Mart”. Youth Mart benefits young people who are leaving foster care and starting life out on their own with…
WIN Acceptance Speech
On September 13, Women Investing in Nebraska awarded Project Everlast a grant of $76,750 to accelerate their Lincoln initiative and launch a Northeast Nebraska program. We’re all unbelievably honored and humbled by their generosity. What better way to show our…
Tagged with: foster youth, kris, project everlast, women investing in nebraska
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Women Investing in Nebraska select Project Everlast to receive grant
After vetting countless worthy applications, Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) selected Project Everlast to receive its 2013 nonprofit grant. The 76,750 provided will accelerate the work of Project Everlast Lincoln and launch the new initiative in northeast Nebraska. Leading up…
Growing the Good Life 