NEBRASKA CITY – Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln is set to introduce the non-profit to Nebraska City with live music, dinner and testimonies from previous home owners at a Christmas gala on Dec. 5.
Director Shay Homeyer, who is bringing the Unlock the Dream event from her previous post in St. Joseph, Mo., said expanding into rural development is an objective for the Christian non-profit organization and its service area that includes Otoe and Seward counties.
Homeyer: “Rural development is where my heart is at so being in the rural areas and seeing there is not a lot of non-profits or people who can help out anyone in a population of less than 10,000 people is pretty tough. Usually the churches pick up that load, but they are not building homes.”…