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Harvest of Harmony Parade

Mosaic in Central Nebraska recently participated in the 69th Annual Harvest of Harmony Parade on Saturday, October 2, 2010. They took home the Spirit Award for this year's event, having been honored the Grand Marshal's Choice of the parade the past two years. This is their tenth year participating in the parade. The float competition took place at Fonner Park in Grand Island on Friday evening, with the parade taking place Saturday morning.

Congrats Mosaic in Central Nebraska!

Read the news story in the Grand Island Independent.

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Mosaic Smiles Newsletter

Get the latest news on Mosaic in Central Nebraska and read the new SMILES (Sometimes, Miracles in Life are Encouraged by Support) quarterly newsletter, a publication by Mosaic.

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GROW Nebraska helping local businesses bloom

Back in the late 1990s, Janel Anderson Bhrke of Holbrook had an idea for a nonprofit co-op to help Nebraska artisans market their crafts.

Twelve years later, that idea has developed into GROW Nebraska. It comprises 333 small Nebraska-owned businesses and 19 services, which help provide jobs and economic growth.

Recently, Mosaic Central Nebraska of Grand Island, which serves people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, joined GROW Nebraska to market products made by its clients. Anderson Bhrke will be working with Mosaic to market rugs, which are being offered at both the Grand Island and Kearney stores.

Read the full story in the Grand Island Independent.


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Fun and games in Grand Island

The Grand Island Games is a full weekend of Olympics-style competition. This year's games, put on by Grand Island Parks and Recreation, were on Friday and Saturday, exhibiting new competitions and hundreds more participants than past years.

Many of the teams were groups of co-workers, but some were also groups of friends, spouses, church groups and other adult clubs.

Hy-Vee, Super Saver, Chief Industries and Mosaic were a few of the Grand Island businesses that formed a team or two (or three) to participate in the Grand Island Games this year.

Read the full story in the Grand Island Independent.

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Mosaic expands with land purchase

York General Health Care Services (YGHCS) has announced the sale of land to Mosaic for the construction of a new home in York that will serve six people with intellectual disabilities. 

The home will be built north of Epworth Village near the cross section of North Division Avenue and Meadow View Drive. Chuck Harris, chairman of the YGHCS Board of Directors, said that "selling the land to Mosaic is an opportunity for us to assist Mosaic in their mission of providing life's possibilities to people with intellectual disabilities."

Read the full story in the York News-Times.


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Nebraska Women of the ELCA helps Mosaic

On May 21-23, Mosaic's home on Faidley Street in Grand Island was host to the Nebraska Women of the ELCA. Each year the ELCA women choose service projects within the state of Nebraska for weekend events called "Saved To Serve." 

During these weekends, the women have painted, hung wallpaper, made curtains, planted gardens, sorted books, made banners, cleaned camp sites -- anything that supports the needs of the ELCA institutions and agencies they are serving.  Learn more.


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Mosaic Creates a Variety of Floor Mats

If you are in the market for a unique floor mat, there is a group in Grand Island that has been making them for years. Lynn, Justin and Kenneth are busy creating handmade floor mats.

"I have been doing this for a lot of years," said Lynn Redding.

The three are part of a longtime project at Mosaic. Lynette Morse has been working with the individuals here for seven years.

"What we do here is we work with people with developmental disabilities. We assist them to achieve what is important to them. What they want to get out of life," said Morse.

View the complete KHAS-TV News 5 Story.


New Home in Grand Island set to open

Mosaic's new home in Grand Island is ready for residents to move in! An open house was held May 5. Read and view the local news coverage: