Standing in front and representing the Callaway Chamber of Commerce are, from left, Kelsey Wycoff, Kayla Berg, Stacey Guthard, and Kindle Rice. Lee and Phyllis Bruns choose an organization to give back to each year during their Car Show from the raffle proceeds from the event. This year they decided to give back to the Seven Valley’s Senior Center. Callaway also participated in the Give 4 Custer County campaign, and the amount the community will receive will be announced prior to the county fair parade on July 26. (Photo courtesy Callaway Chamber)

Give 4 Custer County was a fundraising campaign to grow philanthropy and inspire communities to come together to support the work of nonprofits in Custer County. Forty-three nonprofit organizations signed up to participate and held their own fundraisers. The participating nonprofits and donors really came together and raised an impressive amount of money in such a short time, with donations accepted June 16 - 30.

The Custer County Foundation will provide $50,000 in matching funds to the Give 4 Custer County participating nonprofits. The match pool will be distributed proportionately to participating nonprofits based upon the total amount raised by each organization.

The proportional share will be based on the total dollars raised by the individual participating organization in relation to total dollars raised by all participating organizations; these totals are still being finalized.

Totals will be announced and handed out prior to the Custer County Fair parade on July 26, on the north side of the square in Broken Bow, at 5 p.m. The Custer County Foundation invites you to please join them to celebrate a successful Give 4 Custer County 2025!

With the matching dollars added to the total raised by the participating organizations, the preliminary total is over $325,000. Thank you to all the donors and nonprofits for making this event such a huge success.

Below is a list of the organizations who signed up to participate: Anselmo Merna Foundation Anselmo Volunteer Fire Dept.

Arnold Area Historical Society Arnold Cemetery Board Arnold Rotary Club Broken Bow Ambulance Service Broken Bow Backpack Program Broken Bow Library Foundation Broken Bow Lions Club Broken Bow Music Boosters Broken Bow Police Department K9 Broken Bow Public Schools Foundation Broken Bow Rotary Broken Bow Township Cemetery Broken Bow Youth Sports Club Bulldog Education Foundation Callaway Good Life Center Crossroads Mission Avenue Custer County DYO/Spirit SB/Legion Baseball Custer County Fair BBQ Custer County Museum/Historical Society Dog Gone Fun 4-H Club Finch Memorial Library Gates Cemetery Healing Hearts & Families Melham Disc Golf Club Merna Volunteer Fire Department Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt North Park Inclusive Playground Project North Park PTA Oconto Fire & Rescue Prairie Pioneer Senior Center Sandhills Community Collaborative Santa Cop Sargent Area Economic Development Sargent Community Fair Sargent Growth Foundation Sargent Swimming Pool Sargent Township Library Seven Valleys Historical Society Spartan Foundation TeamMates of Broken Bow Veterans Building in Broken Bow