Good News Notes: “Tuesday kicks off the start of Share Omaha’s ‘Do Good Days’. The three-day event looks to encourage community members to support local nonprofits. One of those nonprofits, Aspire of Life Inc, has a big project in the works. The nonprofit is planning to build a mobile hygiene unit: a trailer equipped with showers,…
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Union Pacific makes major donation for Ukrainian relief
Good News Notes: “Union Pacific will donate $500,000 to humanitarian relief in Ukraine, its largest-ever corporate donation for disaster relief, the company announced today. The funds will be split between the American Red Cross and Save the Children. The company had previously announced a 2-1 match for employee donations to six organizations providing direct support…
Boy Scout troop collecting, recycling Christmas trees, helping feed Omaha Zoo animals
Good News Notes: “Some may argue it’s a little too soon to take down those Christmas trees, but thousands of Omahans and Lincolnites are already signed up to have theirs collected. “We have our annual Scouting for Trees service project where we pick up trees,” says Matthew McConnell, the senior patrol leader for Omaha Boy Scout Troop 282….
Omaha-metro nonprofit and recycle center team up for electronic drop-off
Good News Notes: “ A steady stream of cars rolled through the parking lot at Dingman’s Collison Center near 144th and Industrial Road Saturday morning. The contents, unused electronics, laptops, computers, cell phones, tablets, and more were turned over to Nebraska Recycles and the Open Door Mission. Nearly 10,000 pounds of old equipment that won’t end up in…
Nebraska MRF adds plastic-lumber manufacturing line
Good News Notes: “Firstar Fiber is receiving a loan from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste that will help the processor convert hard-to-recycle plastics into building materials, all within the confines of the MRF. Omaha, Neb.-based Firstar Fiber last week announced the project, stating that the company will develop an “integrated recycling facility” adjacent to Firstar’s…
“There’s so many women who have no help’: Local non-profit for single mothers extends overseas
Good News Notes: “An Omaha woman founded a nonprofit to help single mothers in the Omaha metro. The Rose House, Inc donates necessities like diapers and baby formula. It now has a global reach, as far as Africa. TaRae Peoples started The Rose House in 2012. But her vision started long before that. ‘I myself…
This Photographer Is Working To Document Species Before They Go Extinct
Good News Notes: “Joel Sartore, a photographer based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has worked with National Geographic for over 30 years, and has led the Photo Ark for the past 15. The mission of the Photo Ark is to document the 15,000 species that are in captivity, many of which are on the edge of extinction. Sartore…
Local Omaha students give back to the community on Kindness Night
Good News Notes: “An Omaha school is giving back to the community on Tuesday for Kindness Night.” “School officials say this will give Legacy School students a chance to understand the importance of giving back to our local community.” “Kids made care packages for the homeless at the Sienna Francis House, hygiene packages for veterans,…
Omaha zoo’s new baby rhino staying warm during freeze warning
Good News Notes: “The creatures that call Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo home are feeling the chill too. But not if they’re the zoo’s newest baby rhino.” “Little Marshall isn’t supposed to be outside if it’s less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.” “So he gets to stay in a nice, warm indoor enclosure complete with snacks and…
Zoo staffers honored for saving man's life after a heart attack
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