About Lincoln Cares
Sponsors
Lincoln Cares is a fun, easy way to support parks, libraries, and older adults in Lincoln, for only $1 per month!
Lincoln Cares is the City of Lincoln's voluntary donation program that offers customers of the Lincoln Electric System (LES) a chance to add $1 to their monthly bill payments to provide funds for Parks and Recreation, Lincoln City Libraries and Aging Partners not currently supported by the City budget.
Since 2003, LES customers and matching community donors have contributed more than $1.4 million to Lincoln Cares! These funds pay for the extra programs and projects that make Lincoln an extra special place to live.
Lincoln Cares is a wonderful example of how government can work. Bolstered by matching funds from our project sponsors, Lincoln Cares gives everyone a chance to voluntarily do something extra to beautify our community.
Donating to Lincoln Cares is easy!
If your Lincoln Cares donation is not already part of your monthly Lincoln Electric System bill, now is the time to enroll.
Enroll today at https://app.les.com/applications/_lcdonate/ or call 402-475-4211. Thank you for your support of parks, libraries and older adults in our community!
2018 Projects and Sponsors
- Fitness Equipment and Facility Upgrades for Aging Partners
- Seniors Foundation
- This includes new fitness equipment for the new Aging Partners Fitness Center at 555 S. 9th St.
- Library Meeting Rooms and Maker Spaces
- Grant to the Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries from Allstate
- Lincoln City Libraries has been building portable "Maker Space" kits. These allow the library to present opportunities for people of all ages to engage in hands-on activities from sewing to robots to scrapbooking to coding to audiovisual production. Lincoln Cares funds will provide for furnishings for meetings spaces and other areas to support these Maker Space activities.
- Fitness Equipment for Cooper Park
- Lincoln Parks Foundation
- Parks and Recreation has developed a master plan for Lincoln’s oldest park, located at 6th and D Streets, through a neighborhood engagement process. The plan envisions infrastructure repair and replacement and new recreational opportunities. Lincoln Cares is funding new fitness equipment for the park.
- Haines Branch Prairie Corridor
- Lincoln Parks Foundation, Prairie Corridor Partnership
- Haines Branch Prairie Corridor: The Prairie Corridor is a 13-mile corridor that will link Pioneers Park with Spring Creek Prairie and provide enhancement and preservation of tall grass prairie, recreational and educational connections and economic development opportunities.
- Parker's Pals Scholarships
- Culver’s, Lincoln Area Retired School Personnel, Lincoln Parks Foundation, Olsson Associates
- This scholarship program provides financial support for children of low-income families. It will include pool admissions, swimming lessons, and participation in the swim/dive league and allow children to participate in youth and sports programs offered by Lincoln Parks and Recreation.