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Zach Schafer, Zak Courtney, Band of the Strong
No Strings Attached: The Healing Power of Music and Stories

Sep 02, 2020 08:44AM ● By Katrina Markel

When Zach Schafer and Zak Courtney were seniors at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2016, they sought help to help establish Band of the Strong as a nonprofit entity.

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Marquis "Keys" Haynes with basketball
A Sign to Help Others: The Keys Foundation Runs The Give and Go for Omaha Youth

Sep 01, 2020 08:27AM ● By Chris Hatch

Omaha North graduate Marquis Hayes started The Keys Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting youth girls with developing their basketball skills and knowledge.

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From the Half Pipe to Full Social Warrior: Mike Smith's Wild Ride

Sep 01, 2020 08:26AM ● By Sean Robinson

A year prior to starting the nonprofit program Skate for Change, Mike Smith also founded The Bay an indoor skatepark and youth outreach center in Lincoln in 2010.

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Elizabeth Wallace, general manager, 801 Chophouse
Dandelion Meal Project: Bringing Food and Hope to Omahans in Need

Sep 01, 2020 08:24AM ● By Sarah Wengert

Elizabeth Wallace of 801 Chophouse Wallace said the Dandelion Meal Project originally focused on suddenly out-of-work restaurant workers, but quickly transitioned to include others.

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Stephanie Strode of Together Omaha
Together Omaha Succeeds: Ensuring No One Faces Hunger Alone

Sep 01, 2020 08:24AM ● By Sara Locke

Stephanie Strode is a former client and current operations manager for Together Omaha. Due to the pandemic, the organization helped more families between March and June than in all of 2019.

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Women marching in street for suffrage
Women's Suffrage Empowered Voters, Defended Democracy: Out of Grandma’s League

Sep 01, 2020 08:23AM ● By Kara Schweiss

The Omaha area had support for suffrage before Nebraska was a state. The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association held conventions in Omaha in 1882.

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Scott Brown, volunteer at Team Rubicon
Catering to Chaos: Scott Brown Tackles Trees, Iguanas, and More

Sep 01, 2020 08:23AM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman

Retired veteran Scott Brown was volunteering for the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Team when he met up with members of Team Rubicon. Now he works with them as a sawyer.

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Jackson Heller with alpacas
Award-Winning Service and Sanctuary: Mount Michael Senior Honored for Scatter Joy Acres Volunteerism

Aug 31, 2020 04:41PM ● By Jenna Gabrial Gallagher

Jackson Heller, a senior at Mount Michael, was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Points of Light Award honoring individuals who have given more than 100 hours of service in May.

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five local photographers seen through lens
Photographing Life in Flux: Image-makers Document this Time of Hyper-change

Aug 31, 2020 04:07PM ● By Leo Adam Biga

These five creatives produced hundreds of photos and stories from diverse walks of life, representing a city mosaic unlike any other in four distinct Omaha projects.

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mother, two teenage children, black-and-white
Eric Francis—Isolation in the 402

Aug 31, 2020 04:05PM ● By Leo Adam Biga

Isolation in the 402 is a photo series project that began with photographer Eric Francis shooting pictures of friends posed in their lived environments, but grew into something larger.

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father holding toddler daughter, arm around mother
Lasha Goodwin—PORCHtraiture: Connection in Quarantine

Aug 31, 2020 04:05PM ● By Leo Adam Biga

Lasha Goodwin started shooting her pandemic-related photography after coming to terms with her own trauma.

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man on rubble, swirling/spilling wine
Joshua Foo and Lauren Abell—Right Here, Right Now

Aug 31, 2020 04:04PM ● By Leo Adam Biga

This project started with photo essays Joshua Foo posted on his personal Instagram account. Lauren Abell later joined in, doing video work for the project.

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