Release, Inc.

12/19/2025

Thank You to Heartwood Omaha & Applied Underwriters for the many warm hats, gloves, scarves, and winter coats! This will help keep many foster children warm this winter! 🧤❄️🧣

12/19/2025

Because of caring people like you, families and children in our community are finding strength and healing every day. Your support truly changes lives. Take a moment to see how your gift matters and is a part of something truly incredible!
🎁 To make donation visit: https://releaseinc.org/donations-rml/

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12/17/2025

I used to think I had to figure everything out on my own. Growing up in a neighborhood where opportunities felt scarce and support even scarcer, I learned to keep my head down and survive. But everything changed the day I met my mentor through Release.

He didn’t come with grand speeches or easy answers. He came with time, patience, and a belief in me I hadn’t yet found for myself. Through weekly check-ins, shared meals, and honest conversations, I began to see a future I hadn’t dared to imagine. I started setting goals, showing up for school, and even giving to others in my community.

Release didn’t just give me a mentor, they gave me a mirror to see my own potential!

With gratitude,
Shawn
Former mentee, now mentor

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When you give to Release, you’re saying to someone like Shawn: You matter. You belong. You’re not alone.

Your gift helps train mentors and invests back into the lives of youth. Thank you for believing in the power of love, connection, and community.
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Our mentoring program exists because of generous donors like you.

The program has a 96% overall rating score using the National Quality Mentoring System Improvement and Innovation Plan. We served 1,668 total youth in 2024, and the average length of a match is 2 years.

🎁 DONATE: https://releaseinc.org/donations-rml/

12/16/2025

This is WHY we do what we do! 🫶

12/16/2025

Thank You KMTV 3 News for this special highlight of our “Release More Love” giveaway!

https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/theres-not-enough-words-to-say-thank-you-release-inc-provides-gifts-for-foster-kids-this-holiday-season

The annual 'Release More Love' holiday giveaway equipped children in foster care, mentoring programs, and families seeking support with meaningful Christmas gifts over the weekend. Read more at the link in the comments.

12/14/2025

Tis the season to VOTE for your favorite holiday door!🚪The staff at Release “Decked the Halls” by decorating their office doors and we need your help to crown the winners! 🏆
Just click like 👍 on the photo of your favorite doors! The doors with the most likes will win! Voting starts NOW and will be open through the weekend! Voting ends Monday, Dec. 15th at 9:00pm! Let’s spread some online holiday cheer!

12/13/2025

Christmas Store is OPEN!! 10-4pm TODAY!! 🎁
This is open to anyone in need in the community!
At Release Office 4815 S 107th Ave.

12/11/2025

We love homeschool groups! 🙌 Thank You to the Classical Conversations co-op in Co Bluffs!! They put together stockings for our 70 foster parents filled with candy, lotion, pens, tea, coffee & lots of love! Thank you for thinking of our foster families this holiday! 🎁
If you are interested in volunteering contact Kim at kimc@releaseinc.org or for more info about Release, visit our website at www.releaseinc.org

12/10/2025

I never thought I’d be the one asking for help.

Last winter, I was drowning. Between losing my job, caring for my aging mother, and trying to keep my community center afloat, I felt like I was unraveling. Anxiety had become my shadow, and depression, my constant companion. I kept telling myself I had to be strong. For my family. For my neighborhood. For everyone but me.

That’s when I found Release's Mental Health Department.

I’d known about them through our community partnership. I hesitated at first, there’s still a stigma in my community around seeking mental health support, but something about their approach felt different. It was human. It was safe.

One day I decided to reach out. From the first session, I felt seen. My therapist didn’t just listen she understood. She helped me unpack years of stress and grief, and guided me toward healing not just for myself, but for the people I serve.

But the real magic happened when I attended a group meeting. We were each carrying our own burdens. Together, we learned to release shame, release fear, and release the idea that we had to do it all alone.

By spring, I was back on my feet. I’d started a mental wellness initiative at the community center, inspired by Release. We hosted youth mental health nights, and even partnered with Release for further ideas.

And now, as Christmas approaches, I’m proud to be part of their “Release More Love” Campaign.

This year, we’re not just giving gifts, we’re giving hope. Through the campaign, Release is able to provide so many things to our community throughout the year! I’ve seen firsthand how love, when released intentionally, can transform lives!

I’ll never forget the mother who came to our center last week, tears in her eyes, saying, “I didn’t think anyone cared.” We handed her a wellness kit, and an invitation to our holiday dinner. She left smiling.

That’s what Release taught me: healing is contagious. When you release love into the world, it multiplies.

So this Christmas, I’m not just celebrating the season, I’m celebrating the release of Pain. Of Isolation. Of Everything that kept us from loving ourselves and each other.

And I’m inviting everyone to join us. Because when we release more love, we build a stronger, kinder, more resilient community.

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Help us reach our goal this season to raise $120,000 so more stories, like this one from a community partner and mental health advocate, are possible: https://releaseinc.org/donations-rml/

12/08/2025

Would you consider helping us this holiday, to “Release More Love” into our community? We hope to continue to serve the 5,000 youth & families through foster care, mentoring, Chaplains in the youth detention centers, mental health services, and our free Care Closet! It’s all thanks to generous donations from this caring community, that we can continue to minister to those in need. Thank you for your consideration.
To donate or for ways you can help, visit: www.releaseinc.org