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Students to show entrepreneurial skills
The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Southeast Community College Entrepreneurship Center and the Entrepreneurship Focus Program High School, will host the first “Make It Happen — Student Quick Pitch Competition” at 5 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Skybox Suites of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
The competition will give students an opportunity to demonstrate their entrepreneurial, communication and presentation skills through a short “quick pitch” proposal for a new business venture. The 60 students selected to compete will also compete for six cash prizes of $1,000.
The competition is open to all Nebraska high school, two-year college and four-year college students. Event details and competition applications are available at www.entrepreneurship.unl.edu. Applications are due by Feb. 12.
The public is welcome to the free competitive event Feb. 25.
Store chain offers scholarship program
Kohl's is kicking off its annual scholarship program, Kids Who Care, to recognize and reward youth volunteers nationwide.
This year, Kohl's will recognize more than 2,000 kids with $410,000 in scholarships and prizes. National winners will each receive a $10,000 scholarship toward their postsecondary education.
Nominations will be accepted through March 15. To nominate a deserving youth age 6 to 18, visit www.kohlskids.com. Nominators must be 21 or older.
Two nominees from each of Kohl's 1,059 stores nationwide will win a $50 Kohl's gift card, and more than 190 will win regional scholarships worth $1,000 toward postsecondary education. Kohl's will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each winner's behalf. For more information or a list of past Kohl's Kids Who Care winners, visit www.kohlskids.com.
Heart health fair to offer screenings
Bergan Mercy Medical Center will host a Heart & Vascular Health Fair from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Free and affordable screenings, seminars, education and physician consultation will be available.
Results will be made available immediately, and screened participants can visit with physicians about necessary follow-up care and prevention.
Information will also be available on diabetes education, smoking cessation, heart-healthy cooking, walking programs and weight management.
Preregistration is required for some of the screenings.
Visit www.alegent.com/heartfair to register online or call 1-800-253-4368.
Program will train teens to save lives
Young people between the ages of 12 and 18 can sign up for “Teen: Learn to Save a Life Day” to learn how to recognize potential life-threatening emergencies, how to confidently respond to them and how to provide lifesaving skills to individuals in distress.
Participants will be required to complete an application and applicant essay for the two-hour training program.
Different training times — from 9:45 a.m. to noon and from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. — are available to choose from on the following Sundays: Feb. 14 and 21 and March 14 and 21. Sessions will be held at the UNMC Youth Learning Center, 4470 Farnam St.
Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. There is a $5 application fee.
For further information or to receive an application, please contact Lisa Anne Jewell at 559-6357, or ljewell@unmc.edu.
Children's paintings to be on exhibit
An exhibit of 78 paintings by children will be held Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m., at Lewis and Clark Middle School, 13502 S. 38th St., in Bellevue.
Many of the paintings, which will adorn the walls of the new Children's Hospital & Medical Center Specialty Pediatric Center, were created by two area Girl Scout troops that wanted to do something to help other kids.
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