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DO GOOD YEAR-ROUND SHARE OMAHA CONNECTS YOU TO EASY WAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL CAUSES

HOUSANDS OF GIVERS THROUGHOUT the Omaha metro have bookmarked SHAREomaha.org as their home for connecting with 600-plus nonprofits. These do-gooders are continually volunteering, donating, attending events and supporting local organizations that connect their passion to action. The organization’s mission is to help nonprofits fulfill their missions through raising more support and service among the giving public. SHARE Omaha champions “everyday philanthropy.” Its website makes it easy to respond to that cause or burning community need resonating with you, your family or your business. SHARE Omaha’s vision is for the metro area to feel empowered and equipped every day to make a difference. In just three years, local givers have proved what's possible when opportunities to give time, talent and treasure are centralized and engagement is easy. Since January 2019, over 240,000 unique visitors have explored nonprofit profiles and needs for over 17,400 hours. Over 12,000 individual donations have been made to local nonprofits and over 7,000 volunteer applications submitted. The first

Tyear SHARE Omaha organized a local response to Giving Tuesday's global day of giving, our community raised $1.69 million and that figure was almost doubled on December 1, 2020 with $3.16 million raised. The first ever Do Good Week in April 2021, powered by SHARE Omaha, engaged over 25,000 people raising $2.56 million and 1,874 items valued at $48,000 as well as 912 new volunteer applicants. SHARE Omaha looks forward to bringing the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro Do Good Days 2022 from May 10-12. These three days will focus on cash donations on Tuesday, wish lists on Wednesday, and volunteerism on Thursday — meeting the varied needs of nonprofits and providing the options new and existing donors desire.

Find your fit and connect your passions to action at SHAREomaha.org.

SHARE OMAHA • 6825 Pine St., M/S B3, Omaha, NE 68106 • 1228 S. Main St., Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Phone (402) 502-0360 • www.shareomaha.org • Executive Director: Marjorie Maas • Board Chair: Donna Kush

Volunteers clean Iowa Western's campus and surrounding areas for Volun-Thursday during Do Good Week 2021 Bob Kerrey Pedestrian bridge lit purple for Giving Tuesday

Volunteer assembles meals for Open Door Mission Over 18,000 diapers given to The Life House during Giving Tuesday Young volunteers create snowflakes to include in donor thank-you notes for The Collective for Hope

TS Bank holds Giving Tuesday diaper drive for New Visions Homeless Services Notre Dame Sisters receive over $9,000 worth of personal care wish list items Volunteers take a day off to clean up Leavenworth Park

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