IMPACT REPORT NOVEMBER 27, 2024 Blue Collar Boxing is an exciting and competitive boxing event featuring local labor union members that duke it out in the ring to raise money for our community. Thanks to countless supporters, this year’s event was an absolute knockout!
STRONGER TOGETHER Partners since 1941, the relationship between the Omaha Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and United Way of the Midlands is built upon a mutual desire to create a better, stronger and more resilient community. We work together to expand opportunities within the trades and increase the qualified workforce in Nebraska, and it’s this shared commitment to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro that led to the creation of the Blue Collar Boxing amateur boxing event in 2019.
The Funds Raised Through Blue Collar Boxing Will Have An Important Impact Across The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Through United Way of the Midlands funds raised will help: • Provide more than 10 million services that will address social and economic disparities - focused in four key areas: - Healthy Community - Youth Opportunity - Financial Security - Community Resiliency Funds will also help the Nebraska Center for Workforce Development and Education support their programs, including: • Project Reset – mentors justice-involved individuals so they can move into a skilled labor and trade career. • GRIT Resiliency Training – helps participants recognize the symptoms of stress, PTSD, traumatic events, suicidal thoughts and the importance of focusing on mental health. • T.O.O.L.S. – Trades Offer Opportunities that Lead to Success (T.O.O.L.S.) provides presentations about apprenticeship career training and opportunities in the trades industry to youth in the Omaha Metro area.
THE WINNER IS OUR COMMUNITY The proceeds from Blue Collar Boxing benefit United Way of the Midlands and the Nebraska Center for Workforce Development and Education by helping individuals attain marketable job skills, assisting with job placement and providing essentials such as food, housing and health services.