Concerts, CD release and more
- Nov. 25 — The Funny Bone Comedy Club, featuring J. Medicine Hat, 17305 Davenport St., Village Pointe
- Dec. 5 — Burke’s Pub, 6117 Maple St.
- Dec. 6 — Barfly, 705 N. 114th St.
- Dec. 13 — The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. Advance tickets only available at onepercentproductions.com.
A live radio fundraiser will be held on Rick Galusha’s PS Blues show on 89.7 The River, from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 6th.
A free CD release/listening party for “Christmas for Pine Ridge” volume two CD will be held Dec. 1 at the Waiting Room. Artists featured on the CD include: Vago, Sarah Benck, Kyle Harvey and others.
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A campus toy drive for children living on American Indian reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota is now underway.
The sixth annual toy drive, which began in 2003 with local musician Larry Dunn, a.k.a. Lash LaRue, will run through Dec. 11.
This is the fourth year that business and finance will help coordinate the toy drive at UNMC, said Mike Cieciorka, a nurse in the cardiology clinic at UNMC and one of the organizers.
“Last year, toys were delivered to 1,200 American Indian children living on the Winnebago, Omaha, Santee, Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations, and in Omaha,” he said.
New, unwrapped toys are being accepted at various locations around campus in clearly marked boxes.
Monetary donations also are accepted at the cashier’s window. In addition, several concerts will be held in Omaha in support of the toy drive. Admission is $10 or one new, unwrapped toy.
More drop-off spots
Toys also can be dropped off at any of the off-campus sites listed below:
- The Village Pointe medical office building, 110 N. 175th St., Suite 2800
- Brentwood Village Internal Medicine, 84th Street and Giles Road
- Summit Plaza Family Practice, 3604 Summit Plaza Drive
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Any monetary donations left over after toys and bikes are purchased, are given to support the diabetes clinic and heat aid fund on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Cieciorka said.
“The response from the faculty, staff and students at UNMC has been tremendous and instrumental in making the toy drive such a success,” Cieciorka said.
To learn more about the toy drive check out the Pine Ridge Reservation Toy Drive MySpace page.