by Michelle Toukan | Sep 1, 2020 | COVID19, News
The Buffalo County Community Response Team is collaborating with Motherboard, a technology company out of Omaha, to host a laptop recycle drive. The drive will be held in the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce Parking Lot, 1007 2nd Ave, September 8th from 11 am -1 pm....
by Michelle Toukan | Jul 27, 2020 | COVID19, High-Impact Prevention Services, Home Page, News
The Kearney area has mental wellness on the brain. The HealthyMINDS coalition of Buffalo County Community Partners has been meeting weekly during the pandemic to discuss and share community concerns and resources regarding mental wellness. The HealthyMINDS coalition...
by Michelle Toukan | Jul 24, 2020 | COVID19, Home Page, News
Buffalo County Community Response Team, is a collaborative built on Buffalo County Community Partners collective impact backbone, formed during the COVID-19 pandemic aimed at connecting people in need of basic supports of food, housing, and health care resources....
by Michelle Toukan | Jul 15, 2020 | COVID19, Home Page, News
Michelle Warren, Associate Professor of Spanish at UNK, has been part of our Bilingual Community Connectors meetings. This group has been meeting weekly via Zoom to discuss ways to better serve our non-English speaking neighbors. Through those conversations, we have...
by Michelle Toukan | Jul 9, 2020 | COVID19, Home Page, News
Neli Morales, BCCP’s Behavioral Health Assistant, was recently awarded a Union Pacific grant for work insuicide prevention. Neli is a recent UNK graduate, and has been working for Community Partners just over a year. She started as an intern and started full time a...
by Michelle Toukan | Jul 2, 2020 | COVID19, Home Page, News
The USDA program, Farm to Table Food Boxes, started mid-April to provide food for families effected by Covid-19 and also provide contracts for distributers to address employment issues. No vendors were awarded contracts in Nebraska, nor did any vendor who wasselected...
