2013 Annual Report

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The Real Bogeyman

When I was a little girl, I knew my house was going to burn down. I didn’t just fear it. I knew it. I didn’t know when. I didn’t know how. But I just…knew. And...

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New Community-based Support for Veterans and Military Families

LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES’ “AT EASE CONGREGATIONAL OUTREACH” EVENT IN HILDRETH In 2013, the United States Military is dealing with a crisis of epidemic proportions: the suicides of troops returning home from war. In 2012, these...

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“I Just Want Someone to Love Me”

I’ve worked at Lutheran Family Services for well over three years now, and I can pinpoint my toughest day at work. It was the day I was interviewing foster children for a fundraising video. At...

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Veterans Day Open House & Ribbon Cutting, North Platte

October 28, 2013 (North Platte, Nebraska) — The public is invited to a Veterans Day Open House and Ribbon-Cutting at the North Platte office of Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS). The event commemorates the addition of...

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Fundraiser Supports Pottawattamie County’s Youngest Residents

(Council Bluffs, IA) – Children living in Pottawattamie County – birth to age five — will be the beneficiaries of the upcoming “Wicker & Wine Basket Auction.” Todd and Sarah Archer are the honorary chairs...

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Business News Release

October 15, 2013 (Omaha, Nebraska) – Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) has promoted Christy Fiala to Regional Services Director for Children Services. Her office will remain in Fremont’s Rupert Dunklau Center for Healthy Families,...

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ADOPTION 
COMPETENCE 
MEDIA 
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 9/13/2013


Lutheran Family Services and the Center for Adoption Support and Education is offering a Training for Adoption Competence course for licensed mental health professionals. The course provides them with the clinical skills they need to...

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Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska To Be Recognized as an Angel in Adoption™ at National Event in Washington, D.C.

Omaha, NE – September 12, 2013 – The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) will honor Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska as an Angel in Adoption™ at an awards ceremony on October 8 and gala on October...

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Annual Great Pumpkin Tree & Free Family Festival

Each pumpkin represents a Nebraska child waiting for adoption September 27, 2013 (Omaha) — For the fifth year a great pumpkin tree will “rise” over the Village Pointe Center Court! This month-long community event raises...

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