Good deeds across the Midlands

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Taking wing: The Buffalo Wild Wings at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion will host a benefit night Wednesday for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands. From 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., the restaurant will donate 10 percent of the night's food sales to the nonprofit. Guests must present the benefit night flier available at www.BigOmaha.org.

Stylish event: Wednesday is the last day to purchase tickets for the Omaha Women's Chamber of Commerce annual style show, “A Shower of Styles.” It will begin at 11:30 a.m. April 24 at the DC Centre, 11820 Stonegate Drive. Proceeds will provide college scholarships for single mothers. Tickets are $25 each or $175 for a table of eight. Contact Lois Feddersen at 333-6452 or lfeddersen@cox.net to purchase tickets.

Lace up and go: The second annual Angelman Syndrome Foundation Walk will be May 15 at 9 a.m. at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion. If you register by Thursday at www.angelman.org, you will receive an information packet, a T-shirt and goodie bag at the walk. There is no fee to join. There will be a silent auction and door prizes on the day of the walk.

Music for Alzheimer's: Chatham Baroque, one of the nation's leading period instrument ensembles, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Unitarian Church, 3114 Harney St. This concert is free and open to the public, but attendees will be asked to donate to support Alzheimer's disease research. Seating is first come, first served.

Making a cure the goal: The fifth annual “Kicks for a Cure” soccer weekend to raise awareness and generate funds for research, education and prevention of women's cancer will be Friday and Saturday. All matches will be played at Morrison Soccer Stadium, 18th and California Streets, on the CU campus. Tickets for the soccer matches, proceeds of which will go to “Kicks for a Cure,” can be purchased at the Morrison Stadium ticket office. All seats are general admission and cost $8 for adults and $5 for youths. Children 5 and younger will be admitted free. Discount coupons for $1 off are available at all Omaha-area First National Bank locations. For more information, visit www.kicksforacure.org.

Stuff the bus: Friendship Home in Lincoln celebrates the 11th annual Stuff the Bus Event. It will take place Friday through April 18 at Lincoln Wal-Marts and Sam's Club to benefit the shelter for battered women and their children. The goal is to stuff each store's bus full of new items for Friendship Home. Shoppers also be able to purchase gift certificates or make cash donations.

Scholarship money: The eighth annual 5K Fun Run/Walk will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Foster Field at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Registration is $10 for students, $20 for nonstudents. Register online at www.unk.edu/fun5k or call Heather Wolf, UNK student activities coordinator, at 308-865-8523. Registration fees will go to the Student Leader Scholarship fund.

Helping out: A Saturday fundraiser will benefit Russ Johnson, who has been living with multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow) for five years. The event will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Kennard (Neb.) Auditorium and will include a free-will donation pulled-pork barbecue supper, raffles, and silent and oral auctions.

Diabetes dance: Fever and the Funkhouse will play Saturday for the I-80 Cosmopolitan Club's Diabetes Awareness Annual Fundraiser Dance. It will begin at 6 p.m. at the Thompson Alumni Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Tickets and more information are available at http://i80cosmo.org/.

Home tour: The Hastings (Neb.) Symphony Orchestra Board will host a home tour to support the organization's educational outreach programming. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, the doors to Dr. and Mrs. Alan Robertson's new home will be open for tours, $10 at the door. Advance tickets, $8, are available in Hastings at Wells Fargo Bank, the Chamber of Commerce or from symphony board members. The Robertson home, 4901 Osborne Drive West, is near U.S. Highway 281.

Alums at work: Creighton University alumni will lend a helping hand in the Omaha area Saturday as they participate in the university's 10th Annual “Spirit at Work: Creighton Alumni National Day of Service.” In Omaha, alumni will work at Hannah's Place. To RSVP, visit http://www.creighton.edu, then click on the Alumni link at the bottom. From there, you can click on "The Spirit at Work: Alumni National Day of Service." Or you can call the Office of Alumni Relations, 280-2222.

Pass the Parmesan: The American Italian Heritage Society will serve an authentic Italian Homemade Spaghetti Dinner from noon to 6 p.m. April 18 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 7501 Vinton St. Tickets will be $8.50 for adults, $4.25 for children 12 and younger. Takeout will be available. Proceeds will go to the society's building fund.

Moving for arthritis: The annual benefit walk for arthritis will be April 24 at Lewis & Clark Landing and Heartland of America Park. Free registration and money turn-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. and step-off will be at 10 a.m. for Let's Move Together Arthritis Walk. After the walk will be entertainment, awards and food until 1 p.m. Funds raised go to arthritis research, programs, services and patient advocacy efforts. For more information on volunteering or forming a team, call 800-642-5292. Leashed dogs are welcome at the walk.

Snip, snip: Creative Hair Design Salon and Spa in Omaha will have its third annual “Cutting for a Cause” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. May 2. This supports Locks of Love and the Cancer Clinic at Children's Hospital & Medical Center. If you have long, healthy hair and want to have it cut, sign up to have your hair cut and donated to Locks of Love, which makes wigs for cancer patients. Even if you don't have 10 or more inches of hair to donate, you can participate. A $10 donation lets you enjoy food, nail polishing, face painting and family fun. A $20 donation adds on a hair cut and a gift bag. Larger donations are welcome. All cash donations go to the Cancer Clinic. Sign up by Thursday and you get a free T-shirt. Creative Hair Design is at 12025 Pacific St. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail Lisa at lisa@creativehairdesign.com.

It's a challenge: Project Interfaith has a Challenge Grant of $20,000 from the Peter Kiewit Foundation. To receive this grant, Project Interfaith must raise $90,000 by July 1. Donate by mailing your gift to: Project Interfaith, P.O. Box 6037, Omaha, NE 68106. Make checks payable to Project Interfaith.

Animal neglect: Hooves & Paws Rescue, a no-kill shelter and rescue for horses and large dog breeds, has taken a severe neglect horse case from Kentucky. The horse needs a lot of medical care to survive. Donations can be sent to Hooves & Paws Rescue, 27821 U.S. Highway 34, Glenwood, IA 51534. For more information or to make an online donation, go to www.hoovespaws.org.

You can be the one: The fledgling community radio station 1690 AM, “The One,” is accepting donations to reach its goal of $15,000. Information about the station is available at www.1690amtheone.com. For information about donating, call William King at 714-6482.

Filling the pantry: Nine teams at the University of Nebraska at Omaha collected 1,537 food items and diapers to benefit the Juan Diego Center at Catholic Charities. The items were donated during a campuswide food drive, “Hunger Doesn't Take Spring Break.”

A listening heart: Compassionate Care Hospice of Nebraska is seeking people who hope to make a difference in the lives of hospice patients and their families. Lend a helping hand and a listening heart by becoming a supportive addition to the hospice team. Initial training in June and then ongoing training is provided. For more information, contact Marcia Blum at 333-3149 or mblum@cchnet.net. The hospice is at 287 N. 115th St.

For the children: To mark April as Child Abuse Awareness Month, the Project Harmony Service League and community volunteers cut 4,400 ribbons to be tied onto two trees in Papillion's Shadow Lake Towne Center and two trees at 11th and Howard Streets in the Old Market. Each location represented the 2,200 children who came to Project Harmony in 2009. Tying the ribbons were 30 volunteers from the Service League, St. Paul Lutheran Church, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Creighton University. The mission of Project Harmony is to protect and support children, collaborate with professionals, and engage the community to end child abuse and neglect.

Prairie giving: The Stuhr Museum Foundation of Grand Island has kicked off its “Pride of the Prairie” annual fund drive. The foundation's goal is to raise $180,000 by mid-July. The law offices of Shamberg, Wolf, McDermott and Depué donated $12,500. Donations can be made online via PayPal at www.stuhrmuseum.org/foundation.htm. Call the Stuhr Museum Foundation at 308-385-5131 for information on other ways to give.

Planting a fresh start: Lincoln's Young Professionals Group raised more than $500 for Fresh Start, a transitional home for women moving out of homelessness, through the sale of annual plants.

All for Haiti: Hy-Vee Supermarkets customers contributed a total of $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund during Hy-Vee's “Help Us Help Haiti” campaign.

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