Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas to Speak at NFC Championship Luncheon

Nebraska Families Collaborative (nebraskafc.org/championship-luncheon) will hold a luncheon honoring the children and families they serve in Douglas and Sarpy counties and those who support their mission on Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Lauritzen Gardens. The luncheon’s featured speaker is three-time Gold medalist and three-time World Champion gymnast Gabby Douglas.

Douglas first competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she won Gold in both the All-Around Individual and Team competitions. She returned to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games where she won her third Olympic Gold medal in the Team competition and is the only all-around Olympic Gold medal gymnast, in U.S. history to return to a second Olympics.

Nebraska Families Collaborative is a community-based system of care for at-risk children and families in eastern Nebraska. Its services includes foster, kinship and group home care, adoption and guardianship placement and training, in-home treatment, family support, parent and peer mentoring and aftercare services for youth and families following the closure of case management services in the child welfare system.

For more information about the event or questions about attending, contact Liz Franco, development coordinator for Nebraska Families Collaborative, at (402) 492-2503 or register at nebraskafc.org/championship-luncheon.