Foster grandparents, a program under the United Way partner agency Senior Action, which provides meaningful volunteer opportunities with programs and services in the community that enhance people's quality of life, lends a hand and a heart at local elementary schools in Adams County. Foster Grandparents serve up to 40 hours per week. Some volunteers may qualify [...]
The YWCA has been a long-time community partner of the United Way of South Central Nebraska. The Zone is one of the funded programs at the YWCA of Adams County. The Zone is a free After School Program providing a safe, fun, drug and alcohol free environment for local middle and high school students. Students who [...]
The 4th Annual Give Hastings Day is on Thursday, May 11th! This is a 24-hour online giving event to celebrate and support outstanding nonprofits in Hastings and Adams County! The Hastings Community Foundation sponsors Give Hastings Day each year, providing a hub for community support. You can give on Thursday, May 11th from midnight to [...]
United Way of South Central Nebraska's Annual Meeting 2016-2017 March 13, 2017 Thank you for joining us in our 2016-2017 Annual Meeting! You can find our Annual Meeting Booklet here.
The United Way of South Central Nebraska is targeted at advancing the common good in our local communities. Our goal is to create a better life for all, focused on the building blocks of a good life – education, income, and health. United Way of South Central Nebraska funded partners are encouraged to focus on [...]
A night of mystery and intrigue in the wild and romantic era of the roaring 20's! With the passing of prohibition and organized crime on the rise, The Juice Joint, a swanky speakeasy run by Rosie Marie, has been nothing but jumping. To celebrate its success, Rosie is planning a party to remember at the [...]
Thank you to the Heartland Bank in Hastings for allowing the United Way of South Central Nebraska to supply their Holiday Giving Tree with tags for those in need, over this Holiday Season and beyond. If you would like to participate donating a gift, we ask you visit the Heartland Bank at 3701 Osborne Drive [...]
The YWCA Adams County improves the economic self-sufficiency of women and families in Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuckolls counties by providing multiple education programs and opportunities. The programs the YWCA offers include a free after-school program for middle and high school youth, Girls In Action, summer lunch program, dinner program on Tuesday and Thursday nights, School [...]
One $30 dollar ticket, to an annual Ugly Sweater party, provides a child in our four county area a book a month for a full year. Currently, the United Way of South Central Nebraska is serving 586 children in our four county area through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The Ugly Sweater Soiree is the annual [...]
Hastings Respite Care is designed to provide short term relief to parents or families of persons with special needs such as mental issues, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, as well as the chronically ill and the elderly. The aim of this program is to prevent parent or family burnout and to provide support during periods of [...]