Your home team is ours, too

Greatness is in all of us. For the second year running, BCBSNE is partnering with 100 Nebraska high schools to fuel local projects that improve physical and mental health. Healthy Home Team celebrates schools as a hub for stronger, more active communities, because Blue believes in the teams, towns and traditions that make The Good Life great.

$5,000 Catalyst Grant to be awarded Fall 2025.

Introducing our 2025 HHT Partner Schools

In 2024, 100 Nebraska high schools formed the inaugural class of Healthy Home Team partners. Each received a $500 grant from BCBSNE to support health and well-being in their communities, with North Platte HS earning a $5,000 Catalyst Grant to take their impact even further. In 2025, we welcomed 100 more schools into the program—doubling the momentum behind local efforts to build healthier, more active communities across the state. Over three years, Healthy Home Team will reach all 300+ high schools in Nebraska, strengthening our home state one community at a time.

Fort Calhoun
Franklin
Friend
Fullerton
Garden County
Gross Catholic (Bellevue)
Hastings
Hayes Center
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Kearney Catholic
Kenesaw
Lawrence-Nelson
Leigh
Lindsay Academy
Loomis
Loup City
Lourdes Central Catholic (Nebraska City)
Lutheran High Northeast (Norfolk)
Madison
McCook
McCool Junction
Minatare
Minden
Mount Michael (Elkhorn)
Neligh-Oakdale
Niobrara
Northwest (Grand Island)
Omaha Benson
Omaha Central
Omaha North
Omaha Northwest

Omaha South
Osceola
Pender
Pierce
Pleasanton
Pope John XXIII (Elgin)
Ravenna
Red Cloud
Riverside
Sandhills
Sandy Creek
Santee
Schuyler
South Platte
Spalding Academy
St. Cecilia (Hastings)
St. Edward
Stapleton
Stuart
Superior
Thedford
Twin River
Valentine
Verdigre
Wahoo
Waverly
Westview
Winnebago
Wisner-Pilger
York

Harvard
Hay Springs
Hemingford
Hershey
Hyannis
Johnson-Brock
Keya Paha County (Springview)
Kimball
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Lincoln East
Lincoln High
Lincoln North Star
Lincoln Northeast
Lincoln Northwest
Lincoln Southeast
Lincoln Southwest
Lincoln Standing Bear
Logan View (Hooper)
Loup County (Taylor)
Malcolm
Maywood
McPherson County (Tryon)
Medicine Valley (Curtis)
Mercy Catholic (Omaha)
Mitchell
Morrill
Mullen
Newman Grove
North Bend Central
North Platte
Ogallala
Omaha North
Ord
Palmyra

Parkview Christian (Lincoln)
Pawnee City
Pius X Catholic (Lincoln)
Ponca
Potter-Dix
Randolph
Raymond Central
Rock County (Bassett)
Sacred Heart Catholic (Falls City)
Sargent
Scottsbluff
Scotus Catholic (Columbus)
Seward
Shelby-Rising City
Shelton
Silver Lake (Roseland)
Sioux County (Harrison)
South Sioux City
Southern Valley (Oxford)
St. Patrick’s Catholic (N. Platte)
Sterling
Summerland (Ewing)
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Sutherland
Thayer Central
Tri County (DeWitt)
Umonhon Nation (Macy)
Wallace
Wayne
Weeping Water
West Holt (Atkinson)
West Point

How it works

Step 1

Nebraska high schools fill out a short application form. In a few words, tell us how we can help you help your community.

Step 2

We’ll select up to 100 schools each year, and mail you a customized Team Spirit sign you’ll be proud to hang at your field or gym.

Step 3

Send us a great photo of the sign on display at your facility, and we’ll send you a $500 grant to support health and well-being at your school or in your community.

Step 4

One school will receive an extra $5,000 grant to support health and well-being based on creativity, feasibility and potential impact.

What does the home team mean to us?

It’s about more than
wins and losses.

It’s Friday nights under the lights, shoulder to shoulder with the people who know us best.

It’s finding our place in something bigger than ourselves.

Pride in a way of life.

Claiming our role in a story spanning generations.

On the court, field, or track,
In the pool, stage, or weight room,

What happens there inspires us,
rallies communities,
changes lives.

As Nebraska’s home team for health since 1939, we know what this means to Nebraskans.

That’s why we’re there in the stands with you, lifting our voices for the health and flourishing of every home team and hometown.

FAQs

How are schools selected each year?

We try to find the right blend of size, geography, demographics, and other factors. We also review every application and reward clear-eyed, impactful plans for putting our grant to work. Of the 300+ high schools in Nebraska, we currently intend to cycle through 100 each year. For this reason, schools may only receive a grant once every three years.

What's the customized Team Spirit sign like?

Signs are 8 ft. (96 in.) wide and 4 ft. (48 in.) tall, made of a sturdy, weatherproof vinyl so you can choose to place it inside or outside. Metal grommets are included for easy hanging. As part of your application, you'll tell us your school nickname. We'll print that onto your customized sign so you can hang it proudly at your athletic field.

Example of Team Spirit Sign. 8 ft. by 4 ft.

Which schools are eligible?

Any Nebraska school is eligible that offers grades 9+ and has an athletics program.

When will grant awards be announced?

Every applicant will get an email in early August with decisions for the $500 Health and Well-being Grant. The $5,000 Grant will be announced in November.

What can grant funds be used for?

Though Healthy Home Team is anchored in athletics, communities know their own challenges and opportunities best. Funds may be used for any purpose that, at the discretion of school leadership, improves well-being at your school or in your community. This could include extracurricular activities, health programs, sports equipment, community programming or other innovative ideas.

What if I have other questions or a unique situation?

We'd love to work through it with you. Email us at HealthyHomeTeam@NebraskaBlue.com.

We can give health a home field advantage in Nebraska.