FOR RELEASE: Monday, August 13, 2018
The recent immigration enforcement raids in O’Neill and other north-central Nebraska communities are having an immediate and devastating impact on the children and families involved.
As Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) joins with other social service and nonprofit organizations to provide support in the affected communities, LFS invites others to help the children and families with immediate and urgent needs such as:
- Diapers, especially sizes 4 & 5
- Feminine hygiene products (especially pads) and other items
- Infant formula
Because the affected families are now without a dependable source of income, monetary donations are welcome. All contributions will be used to purchase grocery, gas and phone gift cards to directly support families in the impacted communities of O’Neill, Atkinson, Royal and the surrounding areas.
Those interested in making an online donation may visit www.LFSneb.org and click on the “Help Now” button on the home screen.
Three donation drop-off sites have been set up for cash donations and the needed items listed above; locations will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
OMAHA – Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS)
124 S. 24 Street (southwest corner of 24th & Dodge)
Children Services Center, Suite 200
(402) 978-5622
OMAHA – LFS International Center of the Heartland
1941 South 42nd Street, Suite 402 (door faces Center Street- North side)
(402) 536-3500
LINCOLN – Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska / Health 360
2301 “O” Street
(402) 441-7940
About Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska
Established in 1892, Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) is a faith-based, not-for-profit, multi-service human care agency with locations across Nebraska and an office in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The LFS mission is to express God’s love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life.
As a multi-service organization, LFS demonstrates its mission through three broad service areas:
Behavioral Health Services: including mental health counseling, sexual abuse/incest treatment, substance use disorder treatment, and specialized counseling for children, adolescents, adults and families
Children Services: providing infant, international and foster care adoption services and searches, foster care, pregnancy counseling, maternal health care and family support services
Community Services: providing refugee resettlement services, immigration legal services, and education and employment services for new populations.
To learn more visit www.LFSneb.org.
