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Human trafficking discussing at NC Rotary

About 900 people a month are trafficked in Nebraska, either by labor traffickers or sex traffickers.Nebraska is somewhere between the second and the 16th highest state for instances of human trafficking, depending on which set of statistics are used for comparison.Richard Baier of the Nebraska Banking Association (NBA) came to the Nebraska City Rotary Club to discuss the problem of human trafficking, along with ways people can identify signs of trafficking, on Oct.

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Higgins joins Nebraska Community Foundation, Olson promoted

Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF) recently added a new staff member and promoted another, strengthening its growing team and mission to build stronger communities and a Greater Nebraska.Chloe Higgins joined NCF as Youth Engagement Specialist, a new role that supports the organization’s 1,500 volunteer community leaders in their efforts to invite, include, engage and unleash the goodness of youth and young adults and to co-create long-term positive impact throughout Greater Nebraska.Higgins is a beneficiary of NCF’s investment in young people, starting in seventh grade with a Youth Philanthropy Grant from the Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund, an affiliated fund of Nebraska Community Foundation.

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