College of Nursing to host its annual drive for Food Bank
The UNMC College of Nursing is hosting its 2020 Annual Charitable Drive benefitting the Food Bank for the Heartland BackPack Program, March 2-20.
The drive is being promoted by the General Staff Organization membership and engagement committee.
One in five children in Nebraska and western Iowa under the age of 18 is at risk for hunger. The BackPack Program supplies packs filled with healthy food for children to take home on Friday afternoons. Each pack contains two breakfast cereal bowls, two entrees, two shelf stable milks, one juice and one fruit pouch.
The Food Bank for the Heartland BackPack Program distributes more than 8,000 packs to children in need each week in 247 schools across Nebraska and western Iowa.
The college’s goal is to raise $1,000. As of March 6, $645 had been donated. Make a donation.
Volunteer Services to hold book sale in March
Nebraska Medicine’s Volunteer Services department is hosting its semi-annual Collective Goods book sale on March 24-26. The sale will be held in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium, at it will run from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Items for sale will include books, electronics, home goods, kids’ gifts and more. Proceeds from the sale are used to support ongoing special projects for Nebraska Medicine patients.