A Record Year for the 15th Annual Huskers Helping the Homeless!
On Saturday, October 8, 2011, over 500 youth and adults volunteered before the Nebraska vs. Ohio State football game to raise $31,000 in support of Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach’s (MTKO) hunger relief and homeless prevention services! MTKO volunteers accepted monetary donations in the downtown area as well as at the “Big Red Husker Express” bus stops at SouthPointe Pavilions, Westfield Gateway Mall, and Southeast Community College.
“We are so grateful for the generous support of the community. And a big thanks to all our volunteers who accepted donations on behalf of Matt Talbot on game day. We couldn’t have done it without them!” said Susanne Blue, Executive Director of Matt Talbot.
In addition to the efforts of the community volunteers, 40 local businesses sponsored the event. Event sponsors were:
ABC Electric
abc 8 KLKN
All Makes Office Equipment
Allied/Nationwide Insurance
Andy's Appliance Repair
Applebee's Grill & Bar
Austin Farm Management
Cappy’s Hot Spot Bar & Grill
Commercial Investment Properties
Cornerstone Printing, Inc.
Durst Motors
Earl Carter Lumber
Grandpa D’s HotDogs
GT Exhaust
Jeffrey, Hahn, Hemmerling & Zimmerman, P.C.
KFOR 1240 AM
KLIN 1400 AM
KOLN/KGIN 10/11
Latsch's
Legacy Retirement Communities
Lincoln Benefit Life, An Allstate Company
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Vision Center
Nationwide Insurance
NECO Security
NewsLink
Pro-Scapes Professional Landscaping Services
Recycling Enterprises
Rent-a-Van
Rochester Truck
Russ's Hometown Bakery
Rustad Dermatology
Solution One
TANWORLD
TO Haas Tire
Tracy's Body Shop
UNICO Group, Inc.
Veyance Technologies
Wagey Drug
Willnerd & Associates
Wimmer's - Husker Hot Dogs
A special thank you goes out to Tom Osborne and the University of Nebraska Athletic Department for helping to promote the event, and the Newman Center for allowing MTKO to utilize their facility as a central meeting location for the event.
“The fund raising efforts of our local businesses and community volunteers for our annual Huskers Helping the Homeless event have been amazing,” said Blue. “We had more volunteers, more sponsors, and raised more money than any other year in the history of this event. It is wonderful to see so many students, families, and people of all ages contributing their time and energy to this annual event. We couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.”
To celebrate the important role students have in this event, a trophy is awarded to the school with the most registered volunteers on game day. Lincoln Christian won the trophy for the second year in a row with 39 registered volunteers! Other schools represented on volunteer teams were Lincoln Southwest, Union College, Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Lutheran, University of Nebraska, Wesleyan, East High School, St. Peter’s, Waverly High School, Milford High School, Lincoln Northstar, Pius X, St. Joe’s, Southeast Community College, Norris High School, Ashland/Greenwood High School, Centennial High School (Utica), Parkview Christian, Lux Middle School, and Concordia University.
For more information about Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach, please visit www.mtkserves.org. If you missed our volunteers on game day, donations can still be mailed to MTKO, PO Box 80935, Lincoln NE, 68501.
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