Royal Neighbors - Kearney Chapter

Royal Neighbors is about helping those in need in our community by supporting women to grow and learn through educational programs and providing items for those in need. We have raised funds to award over $25,000 in female first generation college scholarships in the Buffalo County area. Our goal is to truly make a difference in the lives of others - helping women and families in crisis and supporting educational and skill growth for women.

Our neighbor-helping-neighbor philosophy encourages members to work together and give back to their communities. Below are areas we have focused on in the Kearney Chapter's first ten years and future planned activities.

We have assisted with locating funding for local food bank food to combat food insecurity, and physically helped with the distribution of over thousands of food boxes on mobile food pantry dates. We regularly volunteer to help with food distribution at the mobile food pantry sites. We have concentrated in 2026 on providing additional protein sources at the mobile food pantries, helping develop and harvest for the Grow Another Row Buffalo County free produce stands and we have continued to support The Safe Center, Immigrant Worker children and have hosted several classes.

- Education impacts lives, we have an annual fundraiser for our scholarships for first-time female college/technical/vocational program attendees. We have also hosted free classes to increase skills many of which are being lost in today's society.... sewing, mending, canning, welding, vegetable gardening, teas for wellness, sourdough bread and pie baking, and mosaics.