CEHS Staff Holiday Lunch
Nearly 60 CEHS staff members enjoyed a pasta buffet lunch catered by Noodles & Company at Quilt House. Staff Star award winners were recognized. Leigh Esau, co-founder of Foster CARE Closet, spoke about needs of children in foster care in Nebraska and how the Foster CARE Closet helps them and the foster parents caring for them by providing clothing and a meeting space when children are placed in a foster home. Alex Trout and Kristin Duppong Hurley described the packages sent to children in foster care by the Letterbox Club, a project operated by faculty and staff in the Center for Child and Family Well Being in Special Education and Communication Disorders. CEHS staff members generously donated nearly $400 to be divided between the Letterbox Club and the Foster CARE Closet. Dean Marjorie Kostelnik thanked the speakers for their efforts in addressing a need in the community.