Mutual of Omaha sent a group to the Nebraska Food Bank to stuff plastic bags of kid-friendly food for the the Food Bank for Kids BackPack program, which provides kids from low income homes with healthy snacks for the weekend.
Mutual of Omaha volunteers rolled-up their sleeves and stepped outdoors at Youth Emergency Services, where they joined the Big Garden initiative in creating a new garden for the organization’s Maternity Group Home. The garden will provide fresh vegetables and unlimited educational opportunities for the young women and their children that live at the home.
An empty cement patio at the north location of Heartland Family Service was transformed into an urban garden filled with planters for vegetables, thanks to another team of Mutual of Omaha volunteers. The volunteers finished up the patio work and also spruced-up the surrounding hill.
The north location of Heartland Family Service, which houses the Solomon Girls, welcomed volunteers from Mutual of Omaha Bank, who worked on building an urban garden using an outdoor cement patio. Big Garden Project helped provide direction for the volunteers and some of the girls from the Solomon Girls program also stopped by to check out the new and improved area.
A small group of Mutual of Omaha volunteers visited the Rose Theater to help with stuffing envelopes and other membership packets for the annual membership drive.
A group of Mutual volunteers visited the Heartland of America Park near downtown Omaha, where they were given a pile of mulch, a few tools and a little guidance. The work they did helped the staff of Omaha City Parks prepare for local festivals and other events — work they otherwise wouldn’t have had time to do on their own.
A small group of volunteers headed to the Stephen Center and sorted donations, making things more convenient for other volunteers who cook meals for the center’s clients several times a week.
Mutual of Omaha volunteers refurbished old garden beds and created some new ones at Girls Inc.
The garden is part of an effort from The Big Garden to create community gardens across the metropolitan Omaha area. Their staff taught the volunteers about gardening as they worked together to provide fresh vegetables and a healthy diet for the girls at the North Omaha location of Girls Inc.
A second group of Mutual of Omaha employees made a trip to the Omaha Street School, serving lunches to the students and faculty and helping move office supplies for upcoming projects.
A group of 25 employees from Mutual of Omaha Bank worked with the Omaha City Parks crew to help perform seasonal cleanup at Memorial Park. The volunteers also enhanced the beauty of the rose garden by adding decorative bricks around the beds.
