100 Days of Caring » Heartland Family Service

Helping with ‘Providers Day Out’

Cassy Loseke — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Each year, Heartland Family Service provides health, nutrition and safety training for childcare providers in the Omaha metro area. While the adults are advancing their education, the children get to play games at the mini-carnival set up just for them.

Mutual of Omaha volunteers helped supervise and play with the kids, who really kept the volunteers on the go.

Gettin’ Crafty with Heartland Family Service

Cassy Loseke — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:54:58 +0000

Mutual of Omaha volunteers got a little crafty with the seniors at Heartland Family Service. They decorated some tote bags (see the last picture for the end result), which will go on sale later this year at their annual craft sale. Some of the volunteers played a card game called Manipulation with the seniors. Although the volunteers came up on the losing end, everyone still had a great time.

Breakfast and Beaded Bracelets

Cassy Loseke — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:27:15 +0000

A group of Mutual of Omaha volunteers headed to the Center Street location of Heartland Family Service to serve breakfast and make beaded bracelets with the seniors.

Donation Sorting at Heartland Family Service

Kim Armstrong — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:00:21 +0000

Mutual of Omaha volunteers helped sort and organize donations at Heartland Family Service, helping the organization in their mission of providing education, counseling and support services to vulnerable children and families in the Omaha community.

Tie-Dye Fun

Cassy Loseke — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:34:53 +0000

A group of Mutual of Omaha volunteers visited the senior center at the Center Street location of Heartland Family Service. After serving the clients breakfast, the volunteers got creative with tie-dye and learned a few new card games along the way. To end a fun morning, one of the volunteers read a joke — a standing tradition at the senior center.

A Heart for Sorting

Cassy Loseke — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:16:15 +0000

Another group of Mutual of Omaha volunteers demonstrated their heart for sorting when they once again visited the Papillion location of Heartland Family Service to help get the donation center into tip-top shape.

Solomon Girls Garden: Day 2

Cassy Loseke — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:03:57 +0000

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.

Solomon Girls Garden: Day 1

Cassy Loseke — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:31:18 +0000

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.

Sorting with a Smile

Cassy Loseke — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:20:27 +0000

Heartland Family Service’s donation center welcomed more smiling Mutual of Omaha volunteers who continued the process of sorting and organizing the agency’s donation center.

Sorting, Sorting and More Sorting

Cassy Loseke — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:29:20 +0000

Building on the work completed by Mutual of Omaha volunteers four days earlier, another group returned to Heartland Family Service and continued giving back.