Community Health Endowment

Making Lincoln Healthier

Since inception, CHE has reinvested more than $43.6 million back into the community in grants to support health related projects.

Among their many contributions include convening Community Conversations around important topics that impact the health of our community, including recently hosting the U.S. Surgeon General.

Their community mapping project, Place Matters, which identifies factors such as poverty, access to healthy foods, life expectancy and youth fitness, provides a picture of how where you live impacts health. Read more in their October highlight.

Flu, RSV, COVID Update

Fall is upon us. In other words, it’s virus time. Kids are back in school, a great petri dish for cooking up viruses to take home to the rest of the family - which parents can then take to the office to their co-workers.

The new flu vaccine addresses the 3 currently circulating strains. If you want to avoid getting or spreading the flu, October is an ideal time to schedule your flu shot.  

If you're over 65, or you have infants and toddlers, it's also a good time to talk to you healthcare provider about protecting yourself against RSV.

And no, COVID isn't over. In 2023, COVID-19 was still the underlying or contributing cause of 76,446 deaths, and is still on pace to be more lethal than flu.

Read more in our latest Health and the City. Co-written with LNKTV Health.

The Gathering Place

Community Action’s Gathering Place is doing its part to ensure the community is fed every night. 

The Gathering Place, through a volunteer force of 500, serves nutritious meals to those in need, no questions asked.

They serve over 34,000 meals annually to those who face hunger in Lincoln. Since 2021, the Gathering Place has seen a 44% increase in need for meals and recently broke a record, serving 275 meals in one night.

Learn more about the work they do, in their October partner highlight.

This month's Farm to You series from the Nebr. Dept. of Education features corn from Cottage Hill Farms.

The Lincoln Lancaster County Health Dept. encourages us to learn about cervical cancer and the importance of screening and preventive measures like getting vaccinated against HPV.

These videos from Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln identify where to find resources and support to improve maternal and child health including early prenatal care, free and low-cost pregnancy care programs

Find more LNKTV Health videos:

• on their website,
• You Tube channel,
• TV channels, and
• on KZUM FM radio podcasts

Lincoln Bike Kitchen

Open House

Oct.10, 10am, is the ribbon cutting for the new headquarters at the City Muny Building. Take a tour of the facility from 10:30am - 2pm. Pepe's Bistro will sell burritos from 11am - 1pm. Learn more.

Wellbeing Initiative

Oct. 12, 4 - 6pm Strike Out Stigma fundraiser at Sun Valley Lanes - an evening of bowling, fun, food, raffle prizes, fellowship, and a celebration of "Striking Out" the stigma of mental health. Learn more/tickets.

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Friendship Home is sponsoring the Safe Quarters Fundraiser Walk, Sun., Oct. 13 to help fight domestic violence. Learn more or register to participate.

Voices of Hope is sponsoring the Shop to Stop Domestic Violence fundraising event from Oct. 19 - 25. Contact them to learn more and find participating stores.

Urban Grower Classes

Oct. 12, 10am - 12pm. Learn about what dry seed processing is, which plants require it for seed saving, and the steps involved. More info or register.

Oct. 22, 6 - 8PM Learn the importance of growing native plants and how to incorporate plantings in your garden, yard, or farm. More info or register.

Project Connect

The Lincoln Homeless Coalition is sponsoring Project Connect, Oct. 16, 9am-3pm, at the Pinnacle Bank Arena, event for individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.

On site support includes healthcare, veteran and legal services; bike repairs, referrals to off-site services and more. Volunteer or learn more.

We Can Do This feeds children on the weekend because no child should go hungry. Join them for their 8th annual fundraiser. Learn more.

All Nebraska farm to school stakeholders including farmers and producers, school food service staff, school administrators, educators, early care and education providers, community members, local agency representatives, and non-profits, are invited to learn, network, and collaborate at this summit in Kearney, Oct. 17-18. Register by Oct. 9.

Lincoln Transportation and Utilities is now providing free and reduced cost bicycle access to transportation-disadvantaged members of the community. The BikeLNK Free and Reduced Cost Pass Program offers 75 free one-day passes and 75 year-long passes for $5. Passes available for purchase at several locations. More info.