Community Generosity Fuels HFS Holiday Drives

Heartland Family Service is excited to announce the success of multiple holiday drives due to the incredible generosity of the community throughout November and December.

• The agency’s annual Adopt A Family program provided gifts, food, and clothing for 147 families and 580 total people in Douglas County with help from the Heartland Family Service Friends Guild and 116 donors.

• The Homeless Street Outreach team collected life-saving materials for those who live in outside camps in our community during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-22). The team received 30 blankets, 10 flashlights, 10 $5 McDonald’s gift cards and lots of gloves, hats, used coats, tarps and non-perishable food.

• The annual Sarpy County Hardship Holiday Assistant program provided gifts for 250 families and 720 children. The program is a partnership between Heartland Family Service, Bellevue Human Service, Sarpy Human Service, ENCAP, Sarpy County Sheriff Department, St. Columbkille and Bellevue Christian Center.

• The City of La Vista’s “Spread the Warmth” Coat Drive collected two truckloads full of coats for the Sarpy Donation Center, which serves not only Heartland Family Service clients and their families, but any client from an area agency or the community at-large.

For more information about in-kind donations, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Katie Kaufman at (402) 552-7418 or KKaufman@HeartlandFamilyService.org.

For all other donations, text “HFS” to 72727 or contact Chief Development Officer Donna Dostal at (402) 552-7443 or DDostal@HeartlandFamilyService.org.