🐻 Rotary Service Project: Caping Bears for Heart Heroes! 🦸
Mark your calendars — Tuesday, October 27th, 5:00–7:00 PM, in place of our regular after-hours and morning meetings, we're heading to Heart Heroes for a hands-on service project: putting capes on Heartbeat Bears for kids battling Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)! 🧸✨
📍 Location: Heart Heroes, 220 N 89th Street, Suite 203, Omaha, NE 68114
🚗 Directions: Heart Heroes is located just south of West Dodge Road near 89th Street, on the west side of the building complex. From West Dodge Road, head south on 89th Street — the office is a short distance up on your right (east side of the street). Look for suite 203.
👨👩👧👦 Everyone is welcome — Rotarians, guests, and family members alike! This is a fun, low-lift, high-impact way to give back together.
💛 Why Heart Heroes?
Omaha Morning Rotary selected Heart Heroes as our grant recipient this year and is proud to provide $3,000 in funding to help supply Heartbeat Bears to children facing CHD. Heart Heroes has been an Omaha-based lifeline for CHD families since 2009, providing superhero capes, Totes of Hope surgery care kits, Camp Brave Heart, support groups, and more. They're the only CHD nonprofit in Nebraska and the largest in the Midwest. 🏆
🫀 A few facts about CHD:
Let's show these brave kids some Rotary love — cape by cape! 🦸♂️🧸💙
Omaha Morning Rotary Supports Heart Heroes at State Capitol Proclamation
Heart Heroes was recognized at the Nebraska State Capitol with a formal proclamation declaring February 7 through 14 as Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week. The proclamation highlights the importance of raising awareness about congenital heart disease and supporting the families impacted by it across Nebraska.
Omaha Morning Rotary is a proud supporter of Heart Heroes through our Bummer Bear program. These bears are delivered to children and families facing congenital heart disease, offering comfort, encouragement, and a reminder that they are not alone. Each year, Heart Heroes supports approximately 400 families navigating the challenges of a CHD diagnosis.
The presence of a Heart Heroes Bummer Bear at the Capitol served as a powerful symbol of advocacy, resilience, and compassion. It also reflects the shared commitment of community partners, healthcare advocates, and service organizations working together to improve outcomes and awareness for children born with CHD.
Omaha Morning Rotary is honored to support Heart Heroes and their mission to bring hope, comfort, and visibility to congenital heart disease. We remain committed to service projects that make a meaningful difference in the lives of families in our community and across the state.
Good morning, and welcome to the Omaha Morning Rotary Club.
We are a community of professionals united by one simple belief — that we can do more together than apart. Each week we gather not just to share a meal, but to share ideas, build friendships, and take action on behalf of our community here in Omaha.
Service is at the core of everything we do. Whether through local projects or global initiatives, our members show up ready to make a difference. But just as important is the fellowship — the relationships built here last a lifetime.
If you're considering joining us, we'd love to have you at our table.
Service Above Self
Omaha, NE 68106
United States of America