Building a Bufalo County

through Partnerships
Healthier
Community
Bufalo County Community Partners is a non-proft organization that
aims to improve the health status of Bufalo County residents by:
Identifying priority well-being issues in the community
Creating county-wide strategies to target these issues
Building community partnerships to address community goals
Improving overall health status by measuring community progress
Elevate
Health
Issues in
Bufalo
County
Engage Empower Evaluate
Buffalo County
Residents in
Accountability to
Health
Residents in
Creating Positive
Change in Their
Communities
Progress
Toward Building
A Healthier
Bufalo County
2020 Vision
Buffalo County
Community Partners
100%
of donations pledged in this
campaign will serve Bufalo
County residents in fulfllment of our mission.
Every $1 donated is matched by
in grant funding.
$6
Less than of our annual
budget is administrative cost.
10%
How Funding is Designated
Our Mission is to assess, strengthen, and promote the health of Bufalo County.
Our Vision is that everyone from all corners of Bufalo County work together to improve the quality
of life of those who live in and work in this community.
Bufalo County Community Partners
For nearly 20 years, Community Partners has worked towards building a healthier
Bufalo County. Te support we receive from this community continues to drive and
shape what we do. Every donation moves us closer to reaching our 2020 Vision.

- Denise Zwiener
Executive Director
Since this work started, weve seen a noticeable
diference in alcohol use and abuse within our
community.

Dr. Ken Shafer discusses the next steps for the HelpCare
Clinic at an informational meeting and explains how
community members can get involved in the clinics work.
Families enjoy free activities at Harmon Park as part of Healthy Kids Weekend, an event aimed at getting the whole family active.
Each $10 investment generates a
fve-year net return of
$50.60
- Dan Lynch
Kearney Police Chief
Te Bufalo County Youth Advisory Board has
defnitely helped my community and school by
helping show students how big of an impact we
can all make and for opening other options beyond
substance abuse.

- Sarah Teichmeier
YAB Member, Ravenna
Our Coalitions: What We Do
Reduce Youth-to-Youth Violence
Community Solutions:
1. Supporting student instruction in cooperation and
responsible decision making.
2. Promoting youth-to-youth mentoring.
3. Promoting trauma-informed care training.
4. Empowering youth voices through PhotoVoice.
Increase Access to Care
Community Solutions:
1. Build a Community Clinic.
2. Develop roles for community health workers and
measure impact on health.
3. Pilot Program to document cost savings to health
care and community systems of care.
4. Examine ways to integrate behavioral health and
primary care.
5. Developing pregnancy pathway to reduce infant
mortality.
Reduce Youth Prescription Drug Abuse and
Marijuana Use
Community Solutions:
1. Prescription Take-Back events.
2. Learn new evidence-based programs to achieve greatest
impact.
3. Examine impact of community policies and community
norms.
Reduce Youth and Adult Obesity
Community Solutions:
1. Build a comprehensive plan to achieve the
greatest impact.
2. Worksite Wellness.
3. School Wellness.
4. Safe Routes to School.
5. Examine Built
Environment.
Develop Afordable Housing and
Sustainable Communities
Community Solutions:
1. Livable Wage.
2. Afordable Workforce
Housing.
3. Understanding impact of
poverty.
Alzheimers Disease and Dementia
Community Solutions:
1. Present a picture of the impact of the disease on
workplaces and families.
2. Share Know the 10 Signs.
3. Provide resources and tools to healthcare providers to
share with families.
Reduce Binge Drinking and Underage
Drinking
Community Solutions:
1. Take A Stand media campaigns.
2. Provide resources to parents.
3. Responsible Beverage Server Training.
4. Build landlord policies addressing risk of Cruise
Nite along West 25th Street.
5. Law Enforcement Compliance Checks.
Youth Solutions Bufalo County Youth Advisory Board:
1. Promoting tobacco-free parks.
2. Take A Stand campaign against controlled substance abuse.
3. Youth-to-youth mentoring and healthy relationship training.
4. Nebraska Youth Academy for Democracy.
5. Show Me Te Money: Scholarship and Financial Aid
Workshop.
6. Youth leadership training.
Children enjoy D.I.Y. yard games from our Community Building
Block Party kits, aimed at building community relationships.
From the Spring 2014 PhotoVoice class:
No matter how big the goal, its always
reachable.
Active Living &
Healthy Eating
Eliminate Health
Disparities
High-Impact
Prevention
Services
Healthy Homes
& Sustainable
Communities
Injury-Free
Living
2020 Vision: Five Strategic Directions
1 2 3 4 5
Holden & Shawnee Armstrong*
Luke Aten
Mike & Jo Baldwin*
Richard & Barbara Beechner*
Bills Liquor*
Andrew Brackett
Larry & Joanne Brannagan
Marian Brown*
Buckle, Inc.*
Mark & Kim Bush*
Richard & Barbara Bush*
Scott & Cindy Casper*
Central Nebraska Score
Century 21 Midlands*
Heather Cruise
Dora Day*
Frank Dineen*
Phil & Corliss Dixon*
Mike & Deb Eickhof *
James Fish*
to honor brother David Fishs birthday
Krista Fritson
Wayne & Kathy Gappa*
Geist Photography*
Mick & Janelle Grabowski*
Norman & June Hand*
Lance & Chris Hehner
Hellman, Main, Coslor & Kathol, P.C., CPAs*
Hilltop Pet Clinic*
Bob & Artie Hobbs
Holiday Inn*
Richard & Kathie Hranac*
Bob & Anne Huddleston*
Richard & Ann Hufman
Paul & Tammy Jackson*
Kearney Federal Credit Union*
Beverly J. Kimball*
Ivan & Leann Klein*
Peter & Jane Kotsiopulos*
Doug & Helen Kramer*
Cory & Jaci Kruse
Dennis & Connie Larsen*
Kristin R. Lawson
Bruce & Menda Lear*
Scott Matteson & Kit Alf
John & Shirley McCammond*
in memory of Jim McCammond
DeAnn McClellan
Marion McDermott
Robert & Sandi Moncrief
Dan & Linda Muhlbach
to honor Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Dan & Linda Muhlbach
to honor Kearney eFree Church
Tomas Murray & Grete Sandberg
Dennis & Linda Neemeyer *
Tana Nelsen
Con & Heidi Neverve*
Rod & Rhonda Peters
Larry & Sharon Peterson*
Tom & Jana Peterson*
Lee Nell Phillips*
Platte Valley Communications*
Stacey Plautz
Dale & Janet Pohlmann
Tyler & Andrea Rabe*
Earl & Jo Ann Rademacher*
Randy Reese
Donald & Marion Richmond*
Laurie Riessland*
Kari Rodehorst
Mark Rukavina
Charles & Vickie Schaepler*
Greg & Sanae Shea*
Gene & Tammy Tillotson
Tom & Michaelene Tye
Denise Waibel-Rycek
David & Julie Weir*
Emma Jane Wilder*
Annual Fund Campaign Donors
Visionaries
Masons
Partners
Stakeholders
In-Kind Donors
Honoring Our Legacy Donors
Advocates
Supporters
Ron & Carol Cope Foundation*
Robert & Jacquelyn Rosenlof*
B.M. Stevenson*
Good Samaritan Hospital*

Baldwin Filters*
Teodore G. Baldwin Foundation*
First National Bank*
Andrea Lowe*
John & Sonia Sahling*
Sentinel Health Care*
Bufalo County Board of Supervisors*
Cash-Wa Distributing*
City of Kearney*
Joel & Jill Johnson*
Kearney Hub*
Duncan & Janice McGregor*
Region 3 Behavioral Health Services*
Richard & Karen Rhoads*
Michael & Diane Schnieders*
Kenton & Lynnda Shafer*
Mr. & Mrs. Adeleke Badejo*
in memory of Oluwakemi Otojare
Baer Foundation*
Barney Building and Land*
Beth Baxter & Kent Magnuson*
Mitch & Katie Bean*
Stephen & Laura Bush*
Dermatology P.C.
Brenda Dunkel*
Family Practice*
Five Points Bank
H & H Distributing*
Senator Galen & Marilyn Hadley*
Ron & Deb Hendrickson*
Kay Horner*
Kearney Area Community Foundation
David & Cathie Kingsley
John & Leslie Martin*
John & Sharon Martin*
Reed Miller*
Matt & Grace Mims*
New West Sports Medicine & Ortho Surgery
Northwestern Energy*
Alan & Germaine Oldfather*
Donald Parish & Lisa Reese Parish*
Tom & Sue Reiber*
Michael & Carol Renner*
Carol Schwarz*
Leonard Skov & Wanda Franklin*
Jan Weber & Steve Buttress*
Wells Fargo*
David & Lorma Wiebe*
Ariane Aten*
Dan & Beth Bahensky*
Greg & Linda Barney*
George & Rozanne Bascom
James Barth & Yvonne Deyle Barth*
in memory of loved ones
Steve & Mary Bennett*
Dottie Bowman*
Brown Transfer Company*
Dale & Elnida Chandler*
Contryman & Associates P.C.
Jerry & Nancy Dulitz*
Scott & Nikki Gausman*
Gene & Kathy Gosch*
Tom & Mary Henning*
Ihle Chiropractic
Kearney Accommodations
Fred & Betty Kempf*
William & Trish Kenagy*
Jenni Klingelhoefer*
Richard & Terry Krohn*
Dennis & Connie Larsen*
Kevin & Joan Lindenstein*
Dan & Linda Muhlbach*
New West Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab*
Jonathan Nikkila
Rosemary Northwall*
LeAnn Obrecht*
Scott & Lisa Phillips*
Roger & April Roggasch*
Todd & Michelle Sawicki
Merv & Bev Schliefert*
Rob & Tova Shafer
Terry & Judi Sickler*
Dan & Julie Speirs*
Ron & Ann Tvrdik*
Jon & Erin Watts
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
Scott & Crystal Winfeld*
Byron & Elaine Wiseman*
Shayne & Denise Zwiener*
Barney Building and Land*
Charter Communications*
City of Kearney*
First National Bank*
Good Samaritan Hospital*
Heartland Hosting
Hits 106*
Internet Solutions Digital Network
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce*
Kearney Hub*
NebraskaLand National Bank
Platte River Radio*
Y102*
Dr. DianeDufnfromtheUniversityof Nebraskaat Kearneyteaches youthabout advocacy
at theBufaloCountyYouthAdvisoryBoards NebraskaYouthAcademyforDemocracy.
We also wish to thank all of our
anonymous donors and volunteers
who have worked to build a healthier
Bufalo County!
After collecting over 400 lbs of unwanted, unused, and expired medicine in April, and with another Take-Back scheduled for
October, we are set to safely dispose of even more unused medicine in 2014. Last year, over 600 lbs of medicine was collected.
* indicates multi-year donor
Our Board of Directors
Chair - Lisa Reese Parish, Executive Director, United Way
Vice Chair - Jana Peterson, Facility Administrator, Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center
Secretary/Treasurer - Nikki Gausman, Executive Director, SAFE Center
Past Chair - Suzanne Brodine, Assistant City Manager, City of Kearney
Buss Biehl, Board Member, Bufalo County Board of Supervisors
Elnida Chandler, Area Representative, Pleasanton
Kathy Gosch, Facilitator, Bufalo County Health Ministry Network
Jenni Klingelhoefer, Marketing Director, Contryman Associates, P. C.
Terry Krohn, Director, Two Rivers Public Health Department
Marion McDermott, Executive Director, Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Matthew Mims, Assistant Professor, Counselor Education, University of Nebraska-Kearney
Linda Muhlbach, Planning Team Leader, HelpCare Clinic
Rosemary Northwall, Retired Family Terapist
Dr. LeAnn Obrecht, Director, Counseling and Health Care, University of Nebraska-Kearney
Andrea Rabe, APRN, Central Health Services
Sue Reiber, Area Representative, Gibbon/Shelton
Dr. Carol Renner, Associate Superintendent, Kearney Public Schools
Michelle Sawicki, VP/Mortgage Loan Ofcer, Five Points Bank
Mike Schnieders, President, Good Samaritan Hospital
Dr. Carol Schwarz, Extension Educator, Bufalo County Extension Service
Dr. Ken Shafer, Physician, Kearney Clinic
Julie Weir, Health Services Director, Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
Crystal Winfeld, Executive Director, Sentinel Health Care
Advisory Board Members
Beth Baxter, Region 3 Behavioral Health Services
Our Staf
Scott Anderson
Greg Barney
Dick Beechner
Suzanne Brodine
Elnida Chandler
Kathy Gosch
Marilyn Hadley
Josh Jelden
Jenni Klingelhoefer
Alicia Korte
Cory Kruse
Bruce Lear
Michelle Lindner
Leslie Martin
Nikki Masek
Matt Mims
Sherry Morrow
Jana Peterson
Sue Reiber
Carol Renner
Jan Rodehorst
April Roggasch
Michelle Sawicki
Mike Schnieders
Carol Schwarz
Ken Shafer
Greg Shea
Julie Speirs
Mike Tye
Crystal Winfeld
Denise Zwiener
Executive Director
Jessie Perez
Health HUB
Coordinator
Holden Armstrong
Marketing
Coordinator
Ann Hufman
Executive Assistant
Ariane Aten
Data Coordinator
Tana Nelsen
Community Coalition
Coordinator
Jon Watts
Kearney Public Schools Board Member
Jonathan Nikkila
City Council Member, City of Kearney
Our Campaign Chairs
Our Campaign Committee
PO Box 1466 Kearney, NE 68848
308-865-2284 info@bcchp.org www.bcchp.org
facebook.com/bcchp twitter.com/bcchp
Special thanks to Patty
Geist Photography for staf
and campaign chair photos.
Kate Hannon
Safe Routes to
School Coordinator
Mark Foradori
Youth Coordinator
We have a responsibility for our
communitys future, and Community
Partners is a proven and tested way
to confront and address health-related
challenges facing our community.
Bufalo County Community Partners is a
busy and dynamic non-proft organization.
It provides the vision, leadership, and energy
to address many of the most important
health issues our community is facing.