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Gifts and visits to children in crisis, with special needs, and with life-threatening illnesses.

Funds other organizations with a similar mission of aiding children.

Toy drives, letters to 'Santa' handling, prepare gifts, donate funds, visit children in hospitals and homes year round.

Annual dinner, raffle, silent and oral auction, and other events to raise funds for children.

Santa's children/ K.I.D.S program distributes clothing, toys and other products to children referred through their local fire department in Iowa and Nebraska.

Day camp program for medically fragile kids.

Garden camp program all done by volunteers with produce going to those in need through food pantries.

Offers summer overnight camp, choose from Mini Camp, Outpost Trips, Teen Leadership Programs, or Traditional Resident Camp. Scholarships may be available.

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Day Camps
Special Interest Camps
Residential Camps

Provides a variety of classes and activities including recreation programs, child care, youth activities, after school care/programs, special events, youth team sports, senior adult events and special events.

The Park District offers before and after school care clubs for elementary age school children in their home schools.

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Extended Child Care
Day Camps
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Public Parks
Assists individuals to reach their potential through recreation, fitness and sports programs. Offers summer day-camp with open enrollment, various recreational and educational programs for adults and youth, school age child care and camping programs.

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Day Camps
Extended Child Care
Y Facilities
Team Sports/Leagues

Provides a family oriented facility that includes a cardio room, racquetball courts, full court gymnasium, pool, spa, and track.

Provides a camp experience with a outdoor emphasis for youth. Environmental education, family retreats, Leadership, Adventure Trips, overnight and day camp opportunities.

Youth classes to promote and teach character.

After school and summer day camp programs.

Crisis intervention for run-away, locked-out, homeless, and ungovernable youth.

-- Makes sure youth gets emergency psychiatric or substance abuse treatment if needed.

-- Follow-up care plan for youths reunited with family.

-- Short-term or long-term placements if reunification is not immediately possible.

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Youth Centers
Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines
Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
Provides a supervised, safe environment for students to go after school and all day during the summer. Homework assistance, skill building, arts and crafts, snacks, and special projects are offered. Field trips, community service projects, family events, and lock-ins are held periodically.
Addresses local community planning and economic development through initiatives such as community engagement, leadership development, economic development, improving regional food systems and creating welcoming recreational and functional spaces.

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Youth Business Programs
Board Development Support
Business Assistance Services

Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.

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Residential Camps
Youth Agricultural Programs
Day Camps
Offers fitness classes, child watch, family and teen programs, free weights, group cycling, strength/cardiovascular equipment, racquetball courts, a gymnasium, running track and swimming pool.

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Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Recreational Facilities
Y Facilities
Swimming/Swimming Lessons
Provides educational and recreational activities for children during the summer months. Snacks and lunch are provided.
Fitness opportunities including cardio and weight training, fitness classes, personal and group training, basketball courts, racquetball courts, as well as a pool, hot tub, steam room, and saunas. Classes and other amenities vary based on location.

Provides on-site child watch, swim lessons, and dance and tumbling classes.

Youth sports.

Day camps during out of school time.

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Day Camps
Team Sports/Leagues
Y Facilities
Swimming/Swimming Lessons
Information and referral.
Translation and interpretation.
GED study materials and test resources.
Citizenship classes.
Youth programs for Latin American youth age 14-18.
Health and Wellness Outreach unit for minority health initiatives.
Domestic violence support group.

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Language Translation
Language Interpretation
Youth Enrichment Programs
Ethnic Oriented Multipurpose Centers
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Citizenship Education
Offers children and adults with and without disabilities to enjoy all Easter Seals Iowa Camp Sunnyside has to offer including canoeing, an animal farm, horseback riding, archery, nature trails, the Variety Club Rec Center, an accessible indoor pool and the Meredith Tree House. At night campers sleep in new, air conditioned lodges. Sessions are held at Camp Sunnyside for campers age four and older. Week-long and day camps are offered during the summer.

Programs offered include Weekend Respite, Emergency Respite, Week long Overnight Resident Camp (Adults), Week long Overnight Resident Camp (Youth), Children's Day Camp, and Teen and Young Adult Day Camp.
Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.

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Day Camps
Residential Camps
Youth Agricultural Programs
Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.
Provides discussions on friendships, confidence, self-esteem, mental health and positive female body image. The small groups develop a safe place for girls to talk openly and honestly about their feelings and life experiences.
Norwood Park and Brownell Community Learning Centers offer before and after school care and enrichment clubs as well as family nights and family support programs for families at Brownell Elementary School and Norwood Park Elementary School. Full-time summer programs open to all students in Lincoln and surrounding communities.

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Music Instruction
Youth Enrichment Programs
Extended Child Care

Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.

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Residential Camps
Youth Agricultural Programs
Day Camps

Offers safe, supportive, and respectful environments for children, adolescents and their families, provides wellness Education, leadership development, and community education. Youth Outlook Drop-In Centers meet weekly to support each other and discuss topics of interest to the participants.

Other offerings include:

- Rainbow Sprouts, a social program for children K-6 and their parent/family/guardian.

- Youth Leadership Program: provides opportunities to help run drop-in centers, assist with volunteer training, organize special projects, participate in community education, and advise the agency board through the Youth Advisory Board.

- Transcend: a program for transgender youth, provides a forum to discuss issues such as gender identity, hormone injections, legal issues, etc.

- THRIVE: A support group for parents, foster parents, guardians, and full-time caregivers of LGBTQ+ teens.

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LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Youth Enrichment Programs
Leadership Development
LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups
LGBTQ2+ Community Centers

All locations offer a wellness floor with cardio and weight equipment and wellness staff to assist. Most locations offer a range of group-exercise classes (high intensity, challenging, low impact, chair-assisted, fall prevention), active older adult and youth programs, open swim and lap times, swim lessons (including adaptive and adult), open gymnasium hours, pickleball, child watch, youth sports, and summer day camp.

Other programs and features vary by location (See notes below and visit website for more details and hours):
-- The Buena Vista YMCA Express is a co-op project in conjunction with Omaha Public Schools, located on the Buena Vista High School campus. It includes a unique wellness floor featuring eGYM and MX4 equipment. This location is a wellness-only 14+ facility.
-- The Westview YMCA offers youth sports and sports camps, a splash pad, and it is attached to Omaha Public School's Westview High School. Visit other locations to learn more about summer day camp opportunities.
-- The YMCA Healthy Living Center is an adult-only location designed for individuals 30+, with a therapeutic warm-water pool and a wider variety of low impact classes and equipment as well as social clubs and activities geared toward active older adults.
-- The Charles E. Lakin YMCA offers eSports.
-- The Butler-Gast YMCA and Downtown YMCA locations accept registrations for youth sports and host practices and games in collaboration with the Maple Street YMCA.
-- The Gretna Crossing YMCA has eGYM equipment and a splash pad. It is part of the Gretna Crossing Park that offers trails, disc golf course, and a water park (open 2024).

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Swimming/Swimming Lessons
Fall Prevention Programs
Day Camps
Therapeutic Exercise
Y Facilities
Team Sports/Leagues
Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.

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Day Camps
Residential Camps
Youth Agricultural Programs
Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities such as county clubs.

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Day Camps
Residential Camps
Youth Agricultural Programs