Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties

Incredible news, friends. 💛 We are thrilled to share that Community Action has officially completed our $3.55 million Home for Head Start campaign! Over the past two years, this project has created bigger, brighter new spaces for children to learn, play, and grow at our Head Start center located at 1821 K Street. In just a few short weeks a new program year will begin. We can't wait to welcome children and families to start the new school year in in a space designed specifically to support their success. We have more exciting news to share soon! But for right now let us say this: Thank you. You made this possible. You've built a space for high quality early childhood education that will benefit children and families for generations to come. As fearless friends of Community Action, YOU make our community a place where we all have the opportunity to live well. Thank you.

There's nothing better than a visit from a dear friend! 🌱Beatty Brasch served as Executive Director of Community Action (then known as Lincoln Action Program) from 1987-2002. It's no exaggeration to say Beatty transformed our agency--and the Lincoln community--for the better. 🌿Under Beatty's leadership, Community Action grew from 14 employees to 200, and countless anti-poverty programs were launched to provide more opportunities for everyone in our community to live well. 🌳We would not be the agency we are today without Beatty. What an honor to give her a tour of our Head Start center at 1821 K Street! Thank you, Beatty, for your fearless commitment to your community. We are so much better for knowing you. #LNK #nonprofit #leadership #fearless #nonprofitleadership

What a beautiful evening we had yesterday! ☀️🌻 Thanks to friends and volunteers from Raymond Community Church who served last night's Gathering Place meal. It was a perfect summer night for sandwiches, fresh salad, fruit, and more!🥪🥗🍊 Will you help us thank last night's volunteers? They served over 230 meals! Absolutely incredible dedication to our community. ❤

We have another amazing team member to celebrate! 👏 Will you join us in congratulating Erika on completing her Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential as part of our On-the Job Training Program? Erika is an associate teacher in the Colorful Caterpillars classroom at our 26th Street center. Our On-the-Job Training Program gives staff the opportunity to earn credentials and advance their careers while working for Community Action Head Start. Will you join us in saying congratulations to Erika? Way to go!

Can you help us celebrate our amazing team? Today we are recognizing Ebony, Classroom Support Specialist at Community Action Head Start. Ebony recently completed her Child Development Associate (CDA) credential as part of our On-the-Job Training Program! This program gives staff the opportunity to earn credentials and advance their careers while working for Community Action Head Start. Huge shout out to Ebony for this accomplishment! We are lucky to have her on our team!

Consider this your sign to be a hero. Donate blood tomorrow at Community Action! American Red Cross Blood Drive Tuesday, July 9 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 210 O St., Room 164 Each pint of blood collected can help save up to three lives and will touch the lives of so many more. We're proudly partnering with American Red Cross Serving Nebraska and El Centro de las Americas to provide this opportunity to the community. To see open donation slots, register at: https://lnkd.in/gzBQ57pP

Your input is needed! Community Action is holding two listening sessions in July and we want our community's feedback to inform our policy agenda. Join us on one of the following dates: July 9, 9:00-10:00 a.m. at Community Action Head Start, 1821 K St. (Lincoln) July 17, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Community Action's Gathering Place, 1448 E St. (Lincoln) Breakfast or lunch will be served AND participants will receive a $25 gift card! Sign up by July 1: https://lnkd.in/gtCagUgN... Questions? Contact Heather at hloughman@communityactionatwork.org or 402-875-9319

Need somewhere to recover from this week's heat? ☀️ Stay cool at Community Action! 🥤We have lemonade, water, and iced tea available for all in the lobby of our main office at 210 O St 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. 🥪The Gathering Place is open every night at 1448 E St for (air-conditioned) dine-in or take-out dinner from 5pm - 6pm. As always, all are welcome! 💗

This ROCK STAR team of Community Action staff stepped up big time to help with meal service at the Gathering Place last night! We truly have the best team The Gathering Place continues to set records. In May, we served over 5,600 meals. Need is great, yet so, too, is the passion and drive to do whatever it takes to get folks what they need. We're so thankful for all who make it possible!

It's been another amazing year of service from our Foster Grandparents! We celebrated recently with a recognition luncheon. These AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve 15-35 hours every week as mentors in our Head Start classrooms. We're so grateful for their kindness and dedication. Will you help us congratulate them on another outstanding year? Thank you, Foster Grandparents, for all you do!