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Cities of Service Omaha Serves
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September 29th, the city of Omaha celebrated community service with Omaha Serves. Omaha Serves promotes “Impact Volunteering,” or strategies that target community needs, use best practices and set clear goals to measure progress. Omaha Serves is a part of Cities of Service, a bipartisan coalition of the mayors of large and small cities from across the country who will work together to engage citizens to address civic challenges. Founded in New York City on September 10th, 2009, the coalition and its member cities are responding to the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act’s historic call to action by finding new and innovative ways to harness the power of volunteers to help solve pressing local challenges.
Kathy Byrnes, Michelle Moyes Dill, and Jerry Byers
Raeanna Kuzma and Deborah Neary
Brittany Hanson, Calvin Smothers, and Christian Gray
Paul Bryant, Steve Oltmans, and Michael Scott
For more information about Omaha Serves, including background, visit www.cityofomaha.org/mayor.
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Carol and Jerry Martinez
Jennifer Reilly, Skyler Little, Cameo Gillum, and JaVohn Rollins
October 6th, The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts and Destination Midtown held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the renovation of the late Kent Bellows’ art studio. Over 100 guests attended the event. Bellows’ family that attended were Phyllis Bellows, Robin and Jim Griess and Doug and Debra Wesselmann. The studio’s mission is to strive to ignite the creative spark in individuals, encouraging them to reach their highest potential through self-expression in the visual arts.
Randy and Kim Brown
Deb and Doug Wesselmann, Robin Bellows Griess, Jim Griess, Weston Thomson, Anne Meysenburg, and Phyllis Bellows
For more information about the Kent Bellows Studio, visit www.kentbellows.org.
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Amy Chittenden and Dennis McGuire