09/02/2026
Amanda, a beloved member of our community, died last week after a short battle with pneumonia. She was a former resident & also one of our first community participants after we opened the New Beginnings Campus at our community Center. In 2024, she received our first - and to date only - Pathway to Freedom Champion Award for impressively completing all our program pathways. You can see photos below of her receiving the award, & her walking through our Honor Guard of Light tradition with other survivors at the 2024 graduation where we celebrated this. She spread so much light & joy every day to us all, & our community is deeply mourning the loss.
Last week, our graduates, residents, & staff together went to say goodbye to Amanda while she was in the ICU, & we're very grateful to her family for letting us do so. We want to offer them our full support during this difficult time. In the image below you will see details of a Celebration of Life - please join us in attending. Her family also started a gofundme, https://gofund.me/e0554351e (note: this is entirely by and for the family, and these funds do not go to Magdalene Omaha in any way).
Please keep Amanda, her family & friends, and the Magdalene Omaha community in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for being a part of who we are and what we do.