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Problem gambling expanding to mobile games

Problem gambling expanding to mobile games

“Often times we think of gambling as being about winning money or a reward,” says Keellia Guevara, Heartland Family Service Problem Gambling Prevention Specialist. “When actually, research shows that your brain releases the most dopamine, which is the feel-good...
HFS receives Creighton’s Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award

HFS receives Creighton’s Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award

The award is presented to individuals or organizations who have lived up to Dr. King’s legacy in the area of social justice and civil rights advocacy through distinguished civic, cultural or volunteer service and demonstrate a commitment to the educational and...
HFS “Carnival of Love” Gala wins two awards

HFS “Carnival of Love” Gala wins two awards

The 2016 “Carnival of Love” Gala, which invited guests to take a stroll down the boardwalk, was named Best Theme. As a category winner, Heartland Family Service was then eligible for The $10,000 BIG Connection prize, which goes to the top vote-getter out...

From the Desk of Our CEO

Situated in the center of the vilest slums of this city, surrounded on every side by degradation, poverty and crime in all its hideous phases, almost hidden from public view by a high board fence, stands an unpretentious frame building known to habitués and...

Supporter Spotlight Survey for Q2

In our Q1 issue of the GoodWorks newsletter, we kicked off our new Supporter Spotlight survey series in which we ask you to go to this blog to take a survey in order to tell us what you think and what makes your heart swell. Going forward, we will recap the survey...