by Michelle Toukan | Aug 24, 2021 | Active Living & Healthy Eating, Home Page, News
The Double Up Food Bucks program (DUFB) is now being offered at the Kearney Area Farmers Market. Double Up Food Bucks is a fruit and vegetable incentive program that allows Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known previously as food stamps, recipients...
by Michelle Toukan | May 18, 2021 | COVID19, Home Page, News, Uncategorized
Access to basic resources like food was a top priority identified in the Buffalo County playbook. The Community Partners Board of directors invited partners working in food security to join their June meeting and share information around food security. The group was...
by Michelle Toukan | May 4, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
The Buffalo County 2030 Vision is a beginning to take shape. A community vision looks to our collective future and shares a common mission where all residents thrive. Our communities’ past successes tell the story and build a strong foundation for more work, better...
by Michelle Toukan | Apr 30, 2021 | Home Page, News, Uncategorized
Josh Arias, Youth Coordinator at Community Partners, observed during multiple community meetings that the connection of dialogue between youth and adults was missing. Arias asked the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) if they would like to share their opinions and thoughts...
by Michelle Toukan | Apr 28, 2021 | COVID19, COVID19 Spanish, Home Page, News
The Bilingual Community Connectors Task Force has been hosting community conversations about the barriers our Spanish speaking community members are facing in regards to mental health supports. The pandemic has brought new challenges to many people. A study on...
by Michelle Toukan | Apr 13, 2021 | Home Page, News
The Buffalo County Community Response Team (CRT) is collaborating with Motherboard, a technology company out of Omaha, to host a laptop recycle drive. The drive will be held during UNK’s “Big Event,” on April 17th at the West Center parking lot 27, 1917 W 24th Street,...
