News: 3 Agencies Become Members

3 Outstanding New Agencies Become Members of Community Services Fund

Capital Humane Society, Lincoln, NE

What is known today as the Capital Humane Society began in 1902 as the Lancaster County Humane Society. The first shelter was located in a shed near the West ‘O’ Street viaduct. The Society’s mission focused on the prevention of cruelty to children and horses. Around 1907 the services expanded to include a variety of animals.

In September, 1924 the Society acquired a three acre tract of land at Park Boulevard and Hatch Street, a gift in the Sawyer-Snell Estate. The current shelter is the third to sit at this location and was erected in 1966.

Today, Capital Humane Society serves the community by sheltering unwanted pets, acts as an advocate for animal welfare and strives to educate the public about responsible pet care.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

Since 1983, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska has been making very special wishes come true for Nebraska children; as a part of Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, the world’s largest wish-granting organization. Each year, Make-A-Wish® grants thousands of wishes to children around the world. Imagine the power of a wish coming true. Imagine in the midst of hospitals, tests, treatments, anxiety, and fear, children and their families can share a time of hope, a time of creating happy memories that will help them through difficult times.

Nebraska Children’s Home Society

Imagine an organization whose one and only purpose is to do what is best for the child, an organization that builds hope on a daily basis. You’re imaging Nebraska Children’s Home Society.

The Nebraska Children’s Home Society is a licensed private, non-sectarian, non-profit child agency focused on providing safe and loving care to children of all ages. Upholding adoption as a positive way of growing families continues to be the primary mission of Nebraska Children’s Home Society since 1893. NCHS offices, located in ten cities throughout Nebraska, offer services through three main programs: the statewide Adoption Program, which includes our services to those who are dealing with an unplanned pregnancy; Foster Care for primarily medically fragile children; and Nebraska Children’s Home Day Cares, focused on strengthening children’s social, academic and life skills.