At the Scooter’s Coffee Annual Companywide Conference this month, franchise owners and store managers assembled approximately 500 hygiene kits to support Youth Emergency Services, an Omaha-based nonprofit dedicated to assisting homeless and near-homeless youth.
Four properties in the Omaha Municipal Land Bank’s inventory are now available for affordable housing development. The four lots are part of the land bank’s Shovel-Ready Effort, through which the land bank supports the development of affordable housing units within qualified census tracts located in north and South Omaha. The effort eliminates barriers to construction by conducting site preparation work, such as removing foundations, trees or other vegetation; removing trash or other dumped material; and grading land or replatting lots, among other steps. The lots are located in North Omaha at 3612 Grand Avenue, 4940 North 35th Street, 4931 North 35th Street and 3183 Grand Avenue.
Autism Action Partnership is hosting a celebration of World Autism Day on April 4, 2026, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall. The celebration is free and open to the public. The celebration will include yard games and booths. Omaha Children’s Museum, Kids on the Block Puppets, Common Senses, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Omaha Police Department’s Mounted Patrol are among the groups offering booths with fun activities.
Completely KIDS held a groundbreaking ceremony for two new spaces at 2448 St. Mary’s Avenue: The Henry Davis Center and the reimagined Cindy Leiferman Nature Explore Classroom. The new projects are part of the nonprofit organization’s $28 million comprehensive campaign. Construction on the 28,500 square foot facility is expected to progress throughout 2026, with the center opening to serve Omaha families upon completion in July 2027.
The Omaha Community Foundation has established a Nebraska Wildfires Response Fund to collect and deploy resources for first responders. OCF will report more about where relief funds are directed as the situation unfolds.