Assistance League of Omaha Nebraska, Inc.

1. Operate Philanthropic/Service programs to meet identified community needs.
2. Improve financial strength and profitability.
3. Create and maintain a diverse, informed and committed membership.
4. Increase visibility and name awareness in the community.

Provide adequate staffing for all philanthropic programs. Value, appreciate, and nurture members. Encourage participation of every member in programs and fundraising regardless of membership status. Provide leadership training. Develop funding sources and relationships for budget maintenance and expansion. Become a recognizable all volunteer organization in the community. Assess technological tools available to increase member satisfaction, public relations, and fundraising. Conduct ongoing investigation into newest technological advances and usage/successes of other non-profits. Develop contingency plans for financial and/or public relations windfall, shortfall and/or catastrophe and crisis management.

We are capable of providing a shopping experience for over 4000 students during the month of October to select new school clothing, coats, shoes, and a new book. We are capable of providing clothing/hygiene kits for sexual and physical assault victims for a full year. We are capable of providing teddy bears for first responders and abuse centers year-round to distribute to children. We provide ACT/PSAT basic review sessions for area high school students. We provide over 2000 children's books for agencies including foster care. We are capable of mentoring and supporting women completing a recovery program for drug/alcohol abuse. We are capable of mentoring and supporting teen parents in the pursuit of finishing their high school education. We are capable of supporting literacy through Operation School Bell, Operation Literacy, and Operation Teen Parent.

Despite limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Operation School Bell served 2,403 students, although 2,907 were invited to participate. The program occurred at two times during the 2020-21 fiscal year. The first shopping exerience took place over a six-day period in November 2020; the second over 12-days in January 2021. ALO will continue to work with the local schools to ensure that we are meeting the needs of their students. Students from 208 schools representing ten school districts in the Greater Omaha area participated in this program. We will continue to develop our website and Facebook page plus look at other social media/communication sources. Our Thrift Shop was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and was closed from March to September 2020. During this time the Thrift Shop moved to a new, more spacious facility. Even with a modified opening schedule (only two days per week), the store is seeing profits approaching pre-COVID times. During the 2018-19 non-pandemic year, over 3,800 hours of volunteer work were donated by our membership to maintain programming and staffing. We will continue to assess our programs for impact in the community. Operation School Bell has had a reported 100% positive effect on students who participate.