SHARE Omaha has released its 2024 Volunteerism Report. In it, SHARE Omaha details more than 2,400 connections it helped make for the benefit of nonprofits in Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington Counties. Read the full report here.
Outlook Nebraska, a paper and cleaning products manufacturer and the largest employer of people who are blind in Nebraska and a seven-state region, has completed the largest initiative in the not-for-profit’s 25-year history. To help meet a rising demand for bathroom paper towels, Outlook has installed a Bretting Life Interfolder, a multi-million-dollar, high-speed, automatic machine that can produce 850 cases of multifold paper bathroom towels per eight-hour shift. By comparison, Outlook’s previous equipment produced 150 cases per shift. The new machine allows Outlook to ramp up production to provide more jobs for people who are blind or have low vision.
The Munroe-Meyer Guild is hosting its 56th Annual Garden Walk on June 8 to raise funds to support programming at the Munroe-Meyer Institute. Proceeds from previous Garden Walks have been used to fund projects such as job training programs for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a partnership with a national organization that provides low-cost mobility devices to toddlers facing mobility challenges. Garden Walk attendees can visit with local artists and vendors, peruse classic car displays, and explore six stunning Omaha area gardens: Eagle Run, Sterling Ridge, Tri-Faith Garden & Orchard, Sterling Ridge Estates, West Rockbrook, Westchester and Loveland.
Police Athletics for Community Engagement, a nonprofit that supports local at-risk youth through sports, has appointed South Omaha native Julian Andrade as its new executive director.