College of Hair Design is giving free haircuts to kids age 12 and under on December 10th from 3:15-4:30. Click here to download coupon.
Community Resources
Toys for Tots
Lincoln TeamMates is partnering with the Marines for the 2016 Toys for Tots program. For more information and to download a Family Request Form, please click here. Applications are due on November 29th. If you have questions, please contact the TeamMates Office at 402-436-1990 or email Audrey at aclauson@lps.org.
Hawk Food Mart
Students/staff and their families are invited to shop at the Hawk Food Mart on Tuesday, October 11th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the A118 Forum. The Food Bank of Lincoln provides such items as pasta, canned meat, bread, pastries, and other staples. Gently used clothing will also be available from Rob’s Closet. There is no cost and no income restrictions!
Bryan Mental Health Services
Bryan Mental Health Services provides free confidential online screenings for depression, bipolar disorder (manic depression), anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alcohol use. To learn more, please visit www.bryanhealth.org/mental-health.
September: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Did you know that nationally, Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for young people and in Nebraska it is the 2nd leading cause of death for ages 15-24? September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. NAMI.org/suicideawarenessmonth has information about risk factors and strategies you can learn to help prevent suicide. One of the best national resources is Boys Town is the Suicide Prevention LifeLine 1-800-273-Talk or www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
Data trends for 10-24 year olds from the Boys Town Lifeline and the Nebraska Youth Risk Behavior Survey include the following:
- In 2011 there were 112 calls made to the Nebraska Lifeline, in 2015 this number was 277.
- In 2011, 14.2% of youth reported that they considered suicide, in 2015 14.6% reported suicidal ideation.
The 3 leading mental/emotional risk factors by Gender reported:
- Suicide/Depressed Statements- Female- 83.6% Male- 84.2%
- Depression- Female-50.9% Male- 54%
- Anxiety- Female-28.8% Male- 25.3%
The 3 leading Relationship Concerns/Risk Factors by Gender reported:
- Relationship Conflicts- Female- 28.5 % Male- 26.4%
- Lack of Support- Female- 14.2% Male- 15.8%
- Relationship Loss- Female- 11.9% Male- 20.4%
Protective Factors by Age Group:
Age 11 -14 Age 15-18 Age 19-24
- Family/Other Support- 82.7% 79.8% 66.1%
- Plans for Future- 54.3% 62.8% 60.1%
- Sense of Purpose- 42.0% 48.6% 48.7%
- Want Help- 86.4% 85.8% 80.9%
- Able to Problem Solve- 55.6% 61% 57.8%
- Desire to Live- 60.5% 62.8% 61%
- Engage with Counselor- 75.3% 75.7% 75.1%
For more information, please contact:
Abbe Edgecombe
- SCIP Coordinator-Lincoln/Lancaster County
- 4600 Valley Rd – Lincoln, NE 68510
- 402.327.6841
SCIP on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SCIP.HELP
Twitter @NESCIP
Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World
Family Service is working with some community partners to provide the program called Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World. Anyone any parents or adults that can benefit, please pass this along. Participants receive pay, a meal, and childcare!
Highlights about the program include the following:
- A course that offers useful tools, practical advice, valuable communication, and the time and space to create a future story
- Participants are paid to attend (in total a participant could earn up to $300 — and right before Christmas break!)
- Childcare is provided for all ages
- Dinner is provided for both the participant and their children
- There are two class options, both meet once a week for 2.5 hours, 15 weeks in a row
Please click on the following to download the application and flier for this event. For more information, please contact Alynn Sampson (asampson@lincolnfoodbank.org or 402-904-6550), Director of the Food Bank of Lincoln Youth and Family Programs or Emily Koopmann (emily.koopmann@lps.org or 402-436-1164 , Program Facilitator.
UNL’s Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center
The UNL Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center new location this fall will be at the Barkley Memorial Center!124 Barkley Memorial Center – East Campus
UNL Reading Sessions – Fall 2016
Tutoring for Struggling Readers | Grades 1-12
Is your child reading one or more years below grade level? The Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center can help!
We provide one-on-one or small-group instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, spelling and writing skills.
Tuition $225. $10 NEW applicant fee.
Space is limited.
2016 FALL SESSIONS
Sept. 7 – Dec. 1
Option I: 4:15-5:15 p.m. – Mondays & Wednesdays
Option II: 5:45-6:45 p.m. – Mondays & Wednesdays
Option III: 4:15-5:15 p.m. – Tuesdays & Thursdays
Option IV: 5:45-6:45 p.m. – Tuesdays & Thursdays
APPLY NOW
For more information, contact Melisia Bieber:
Melisia Bieber
Reading Center Associate
Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center-UNL
111 Home Economics Bldg.
Lincoln, NE 68583-0800
(402) 472-3532 work
(402) 472-2895 fax
readingcenter@unl.edu
www.facebook.com/schmokerreadingcenter
Reading Center Associate
Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center-UNL
111 Home Economics Bldg.
Lincoln, NE 68583-0800
(402) 472-3532 work
(402) 472-2895 fax
readingcenter@unl.edu
www.facebook.com/schmokerreadingcenter
Cehs.unl.edu/tlte/readingcenter
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Camp Kesem
Camp Kesem is a national non-profit with chapters on over 70 college campuses, seeking to provide support for children who have or had a parent with cancer. One of the biggest ways it helps these kids and their families is by providing a free week of summer camp to the kids, allowing them to be surrounded by other individuals who have been in a similar situation but also giving them the chance to let loose and have fun for a week. Camp Kesem UNL is in our 4th year as a chapter and will be opening up camp to 80 children age 6-16 for during June 5-10th.
Camp Kesem is also currently looking for Counselors in Training (CITs), campers ages 17-18, to be a part of our program. The CIT programming, along with regular camp programming, provides leadership developments.
Applications for all aged campers (6-18) are open and available at https://campscui.active.com/orgs/CampKesem .
More information about CKUNL can be found at www.campkesem.org/nebraska or on the Facebook page, Camp Kesem at University of Nebraska.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Jazmin “Glow” Turner and Jessica “Skipper” Bartak
Chapter Directors
402.405.3483 cell
402.760.1704 cell
unl@campkesem.org
www.campkesem.org/nebraska
Lincoln Parks & Recreation SumFun Camp
Lincoln Parks and Recreation is offering SumFun Camp (Auld Pavilion & Antelope Enclosed Shelter) & Creativity Camp (Easterday Rec Center) for youth with special needs. Need-based scholarships are available. For more information visit www.parks.lincoln.ne.gov.