Give to Lincoln Day, coordinated by Lincoln Community Foundation, is a time when everyone in Lincoln is asked to make a donation toward the organizations that are critical to the care, support, and spirit of our great city.
Consider donating to Willard Community Center's programs by visiting Willard's Give to Lincoln Donation Page.
Join us Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM at Willard Community Center for our 1st Annual Porch & House Plant Sale.
The sale will be held inside the building on the 2nd floor.
More than 60 plants are available for purchase. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Aging Adult & Senior Citizen program!
Check out our Facebook page here for all the plants for sale and prices.
Join the Schroder Park Wellness Campus Monthly Book Club!
We meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 1:00 to 2:30 pm at Mourning Hope Grief Center.
For more information, check out our book club and find out what we're reading by visiting the link below:
https://bookclubs.com/schroder-park-book-club/meetings
Or check out Willard's website calendar; look for Schroder Park Book Club, and click on the name to find out the book of the month.
Come to the Schroder Park Wellness Campus on Saturday, May 6, from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM for a FREE event, and enjoy our diverse community!
What to expect:
* Resource Booths
* Performances
* Activities
* Games
Thank you, sponsors:
* Healthy Blue
* Bryan Health
* Nebraska Total Care
Thank you, Cooper Foundation, for approving Willard's grant request of $15,000 in support of filling the financial gap for low-income families.
Our goal of serving all children remains at the forefront. We want to continue to accept all children within our capacity, thus not limiting the number of low-income children we enroll. To do this, we must secure funding to fill the gap between what we receive for their care and our normal full charge from private and local funders and grantors. Our aim to stay financially sound and be a good steward of our funds remains crucial so that we can keep serving this area of Lincoln through our excellent childcare and educational programs. Children from poverty-level households suffer due to stress and other factors. Enrichment activities are essential to our students and help offset these stressors. We provide a safe, supervised, and structured environment conducive to learning and fun. Our programs address our children's physical, mental, and emotional needs. By working with children, we also work with their families and other adults. Our services effectively address the effects of chaotic home lives and/or trauma in which some of our children live. Our children have loving parents, but poverty introduces stressors and situations under which children who lack coping skills or resilience fail to thrive. Lincoln's racial and ethnic minority children and children living in poverty have lower educational achievement and attainment.
All families need and deserve quality, affordable childcare so their children can succeed in school and become responsible, caring adults. Willard must continue providing these programs. We must build on our investments in early and school-age youth to create an educated future workforce for Lincoln. Our families depend on us for safe, stable childcare.
We are grateful for Cooper Foundation's support!
Join us at Lakeview Elementary School on Tuesday, May 9, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM and help plant the Lakeview garden, plant the Bloom Box, and create a garden path.
Contact Gina at 402-525-2528 by May 3rd if you plan to lend a helping hand!
Meteorologists Malcolm Byron & Jessica Blum from Channel 8 News visited the afterschool program at Lakeview Elementary on April 19 to teach the kids about different types of weather!
The following week, the CLC was featured on the news! See the video here.
Thank you, Channel 8 for creating a special memory for the kids!
Join us for A Glamorous Gala for the aging adult & senior citizen community on April 22, 2023
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Willard Community Center
Live performances
Hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and refreshments
Door prizes
An option to have your hair styled beforehand
Tickets are $25 each
Thank you, College of Hair Design and Colby Ridge Popcorn, for your donations and sponsorship.
We are honored to have musicians from Kappa Kappa Psi and singer Julia Ramirez perform at the Gala.
To register, you can:
Scan the QR code on the flyer and fill out the registration form
Call Willard and speak to Sarah Reinke or Tabitha Love
Click on this link and fill out the form: Registration Form
Lakeview CLC kids had the opportunity to interact with live animals through the Nebraska Game and Parks, which brought the animals for Project Wild Club.
What an incredible experience for the kids! Thank you, Nebraska Game and Parks, for such an extraordinary moment!
Thank you, Healthy Blue Nebraska, for your sponsorship of the Campus event and to all the organizations who donated items and set up informational tables.
Even though it started out as a cold and windy morning, some Bunnies didn't let the weather deter them from seeing the kids!
Thank you, families, for being a part of our first spring 'egg'stravaganza!
