Committed to social justice in Nebraska since 1966
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- 100,000 Homes Project Coming to Omaha
The Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless (MACCH), in partnership with Common Ground of NYC, is seeking to compile information about our community's most vulnerable homeless people, to rank their conditions by severity, and then to systematically house people before their homelessness causes them to die.
The 100K Homes effort in Omaha/Council Bluffs begins October 11-15th when volunteer teams will be deployed to survey individuals according to the vulnerability index. The goal is to then house 100 individuals who are identified according to their vulnerability. Click here for more info about the campaign. Volunteers are needed for three different aspects of the campaign: surveying our community's homeless, entering survey data, and attending the community briefing. Training will be provided.
Click here for registration information.
- Stand Up Against Poverty Day of Service
Join United Methodist Ministries in Standing Up Against Poverty by engaging in local mission and justice work. Teams of youth and adult leaders will work at local agencies that are addressing poverty needs in the metro Omaha area. This day of service is open to Junior High and Senior High Youth.
The cost is $15 per person, which includes meal and t-shirt.
Teams meet at Dietz United Methodist
Church, 1423 S. 10th
Street, in Omaha. To register your team, or for more information, contact Jaimee
Trobough or Lisa Maupin at 402.898.9862 or info@bigmuddyumc.org.
Registration deadline is now.
Stand Up Against Poverty flyer
Stand Up Against Poverty registration form
- Sell Pumpkins, Send Kids to Camp
The United Methodist Camp Fontanelle in Nickerson, NE has pumpkins that your church or group can sell to raise
money to send kids to camp. A 1 ½
acre patch was planted at the new ranch JUST for churches to sell and to help
offset the cost of camp. While the
camp would love to have some proceeds for general scholarships to camp, your church can decide what percentage of sales to donate to general camp scholarships
and what percentage to use towards camp scholarships for kids from your church
to attend. You decide what the
camp/church scholarship ratio is---it's your call. Last year over $6,000
was provided in camp scholarships with conference scholarships covering about
$4,000, which represents over a $2,000 shortfall in funding for requested
scholarships.
Call Trent at 402.459.0686 to arrange to come pick a pickup load
or two of pumpkins and advertise and sell the pumpkins in your church. You set the prices for the
pumpkins. Folks will be buying
pumpkins anyway, why not a Camp Fontanelle pumpkin for a good cause?
- Help Seniors in the Garden
The Sazzy Seniors at the Christ Child North Big Garden, 2111 Emmet Street in Omaha, need help cleaning out their garden this fall. Volunteers are needed Friday October 8th from 10am-12pm. Contact Rebecca at 402.898-8962 to help this dynamic group of seniors!
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United Methodist Ministries
2665 Farnam Street, Suite 102
Omaha, NE, 68131
Phone: 402.898.9862
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