Spirit Life Church in Sarpy County has been running its annual nonprofit fireworks tent since at least the 1990s, and volunteers are hoping the nation’s 250th anniversary brings a surge in sales.
“We started with a small wooden shack right up on the corner,” Schwarz said.
Firework discharge hours around Sarpy County begin Thursday June 25 in Bellevue, Gretna, Papillion, and Springfield. Then June 28 in La Vista, which meant the church volunteers spent hours getting everything ready Wednesday night.
In the past, the money raised goes toward church camps, a food pantry, and Pawnee Elementary School nearby…