Omaha Resources: Veteran and Veteran Friendly Referral Directory

Do you know of great resources to help people with veterans and businesses in the Omaha area or the organizations that help them?

If so, please visit and fill out our VIBF Veteran-Owned/Operated/Friendly Referral Directory form. You don’t have to fill out all the sections, just do what you can to help people connect to the right resources.

The list will be published later online.

The link is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10xEWKQLvFsJMlB-4pkHu9bOnRMLsIp57CNNkxSbCwPI

Omaha Resources: Greater Omaha Disability List

Do you know of great resources to help people with disabilities in the Omaha area or the organizations that help them?

If so, please visit and fill out our Greater Omaha Disability Resource List Form. You don’t have to fill out all the sections, just do what you can to help people connect to the right resources.

The list will be published later online.

Short link is:
http://bit.ly/disabilityresourceform

Long link is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/166J6S6CvANdX5oT7qAN1uFjTwxUu_3PRKXpdB0yp7CY

COVID-19 Resource List

From our friends at Outlook Nebraska:

COVID-19 Resource List

Updated 3/27/2020

Information for Coronavirus

Omaha Scanner – https://www.nossmedia.com/covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1sk0FAwTItZUN1D9YIAifXhdRv6lJi-1D3DilhZZ6SKwkYCZaEoH4K4yg – Has a compilation of cancellations and closures, news an media releases, guidance and testing  information, testing site information, potential exposure sites, assistance and resources, Nebraska case information, and a FAQ section.

Omaha Event: Birds & Beer Fundraiser for Angels Among Us, 9 January

Angels Among Us announces young professionals event: Birds & Beer

Angels Among Us is hosting a new fun event called that Birds & Beer Bash at Buildertrend on January 9th that is going to create all sorts of buzz! This Thursday night out will include craft beer tastings from brewers all across the state in partnership with the Nebraska Brewers Guild, local restaurants such as Skyybox and Hilton downtown among others, are preparing unique chicken dishes to taste as well, and fun with your peers and coworkers. Thank you to our host Buildertrend and our presenting sponsor Fusion Medical Staffing.

Your $35 ticket includes all you can eat and drink from 5:30-8:30 p.m., an event t-shirt and pint glass designed by Soul & Swag, and doing good for Nebraska families battling pediatric cancer.

Join us and wing in the new year! Register now at www.myangelsamongus.org. We promise, it’s a Thursday night you won’t want to miss! Only 250 tickets available.

Angels Among Us is a Nebraska nonprofit that provides financial and emotional support to families whose children are battling pediatric cancer. Any family living-in or being treated in Nebraska is eligible to apply for financial support. So far in 2019, Angels Among Us provided financial support to over 115 families, giving over $420,000. For more information contact, Aly Theilen at alyssa@myangelsamongus.org.

Papillion Event: Stroll Down Gingerbread Lane, 14-15 December

Stroll Down Gingerbread Lane this Saturday and Sunday from 1-5PM at the Historic Portal Schoolhouse in Papillion

Culinary Art Students from Papillion-La Vista and Papillion South High Schools and others have decorated gingerbread house for viewing and a raffle for a gingerbread train created by Bill Dorsey. Funds raised to got the Schoolhouse

Historic Portal Schoolhouse
242 Jefferson St,
Papillion NE 68046

Omaha Event: Boys Town Historic Crèche Displays, 1 December

Boys Town Historic Crèche Displays is our next Omaha event for 1 December. It runs from 8AM-5PM at Village of Boys Town. This one is a driving tour and includes stops inside Dowd Memorial Catholic Chapel on Dowd Drive, Heroes Boulevard, and in front of the Village Christmas tree across from the Skip Palrang Field House.

Quite a few Omaha events going on there as well including:

Boys Town Historic Crèche Display(above)
December 1, 2019 – January 8, 2020; 8 AM – 5 PM
Village of Boys Town

Christmas Stamps
December 1 – 31, 2019
Mon. – Fri. 9 AM – 4:30 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 4 PM.
Sun. 11 AM – 4 PM
Leon Myers Stamp Center

Irish Christmas at Father Flanagan’s Historic Home
December 8 – 14, 2019
Sun. 11 AM- 4 PM
Mon. – Sat. 10 AM – 4 PM
Father Flanagan House Museum

For more information, visit:
https://www.boystown.org/village/Pages/events-exhibits.aspx

Village of Boys Town
13603 Flanagan Blvd
Boys Town, NE 68010