While most non-profits will go the usual route of sending out letters and maximizing social media, the Omaha Home for Boys (www.omahahomeforboys.org) took this year’s Omaha Gives! to new heights – and depths.
A distinguished panel of guests – celebrities, members of the media, business executives and athletes – agreed to sit in the OHB DUNK TANK for an hour to help raise money for the Home. Shawn M. Ilg of Nebraska Realty was this year’s official dunk tank sponsor. John Knicely of WOWT- Channel 6 conducted a live broadcast from the TANK for the 5 p.m. news and was dunked on-air to help raise money as well as awareness of the unique nature of this event for Omaha Gives!
As a bonus, during times when the DUNK TANK was unoccupied by a designated DUNKEE, the public was welcome and encouraged to nominate and invite friends and family to sit in the tank and be dunked to help raise money. Omaha Home for Boys Facebook and Twitter pages as well as the business and personal pages of DUNKEES were updated with photos and videos of all the fun throughout the day. All money raised during the day’s festivities will go directly back to providing support and sanctuary for the youth served by the Omaha Home for Boys.
For more information about Omaha Home for Boys, visit www.omahahomeforboys.org.