October 2023

Christmas Wishes/Pay It Forward begins 2023 donation collection

Although the calendar says October, it’s not too soon to be thinking about helping some of your fellow Nebraska City residents with a donation to Christmas Wishes/Paying It Forward.Project organizer Margaret Spiers reports that she’s already started to receive donations for this year’s Blessing Bags, which will be distributed to cancer patients in Nebraska City during the holidays.Last year, Spiers began a new project that she plans to continue into 2024: a gift bag for the first baby born at CHI Health St.

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NC Rotary learns about Red Cross blood donation program

Every two seconds in this country, someone needs a unit of blood, and blood supplies are lower than normal right now because of late-summer disasters that kept donors away from blood drives across the country.Red Cross Bloodmobile Coordinator Diane Hammer and Donor Recruitment Account Manager Robyn Steinkuhler visited the Nebraska City Rotary Club Wednesday, Oct.

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