by Kylie Gumpert | Mar 24, 2020 | Education
Help your kids adjust in the wake of COVID-19 Check out these educational resources and activities to keep your student occupied, entertained and most importantly, learning. ; COVID-19 has changed how we go about our daily lives—especially when it comes to how our...
by Brayton Hagge | Mar 13, 2020 | Education
What's Raise Me to Read? The Campaign For Grade Level Reading, locally called Raise Me to Read, comes to Omaha. ; A Q&A with Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Experts In 2019, the Omaha metro became the first community in Nebraska to join the nationwide Campaign...
by Brayton Hagge | Jul 1, 2019 | Press Release, Uncategorized
The more you read over the summer, the more you learn – at least according to young Kenley Spencer. “When I go back to school, I’ll have more knowledge to learn more things,” she said with a smile. Kenley is one of the approximately 500 K-3rd graders who participated...
by Brayton Hagge | May 28, 2019 | Press Release
On Friday, June 21, more than 400 volunteers are partnering with United Way of the Midlands during the 4th annual Day of Action to reinforce the importance of summer reading with approximately 575 children in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area. Day of Action...
by Brayton Hagge | Nov 14, 2018 | Press Release
United Way of the Midlands is proud to announce it has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from Wells Fargo. The grant will support the partnership between UWM and the Book Trust program. Through UWM’s partnership with Book Trust, a national literacy program, nearly 2,200...
