Historic Omaha
An illustrated history of Omaha and the Douglas County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of Omaha and the Douglas County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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completed in 1969 and at thirty stories,<br />
Woodmen’s headquarters was once again the<br />
tallest building between Chicago and the<br />
Pacific Ocean. Woodmen’s decision to build<br />
its new headquarters in the city’s central<br />
business district is often credited for paving<br />
the way for the revival of downtown <strong>Omaha</strong>.<br />
Today, in addition to their insurance<br />
coverage, Woodmen members receive many<br />
value-added benefits and participate in a<br />
variety of social, patriotic and charitable<br />
activities. Woodmen member benefits include<br />
a catastrophic illness benefit, financial<br />
assistance for orphans, newborn benefit,<br />
prescription savings card and a home loan<br />
mortgage program.<br />
Fraternal activities include monthly lodge<br />
meetings; taking part in communityimprovement<br />
projects; educational and social<br />
programs for Woodmen youth and senior<br />
members; and promoting patriotism.<br />
In 1998, Woodmen teamed up with the<br />
American Red Cross to create Disaster Action<br />
Teams in communities across America.<br />
Working with their local Red Cross chapters,<br />
team members are trained to quickly respond<br />
to a wide variety of disaster situations. More<br />
than 1,600 Woodmen members currently<br />
serve on 157 Disaster Action Teams<br />
nationwide. In addition, Woodmen supports<br />
the American Red Cross with equipment,<br />
supplies and the use of Woodmen facilities as<br />
training centers and disaster relief sites.<br />
Woodmen’s product<br />
portfolio includes whole<br />
life, flexible premium life<br />
and term life insurance,<br />
cancer insurance, hospital<br />
supplement insurance,<br />
long term care insurance<br />
and annuities. In 2001,<br />
the Society expanded the<br />
range of financial<br />
products and services it<br />
can provide through the<br />
creation of Woodmen<br />
Financial Services, Inc., a<br />
wholly owned subsidiary.<br />
With a focus on<br />
serving its members,<br />
their families and the<br />
communities in which they live, Woodmen<br />
has become one of the nation’s leading<br />
fraternal benefit societies. For more than 113<br />
years, the Society has held true to the simple<br />
premise that by strengthening families, you<br />
can strengthen a nation.<br />
With more than 825,000 members holding<br />
life insurance in force of $32 billion,<br />
Woodmen is poised to play an even greater<br />
role in the lives of American families in the<br />
twenty-first century.<br />
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Left: Woodmen lodge members present a<br />
U.S. flag to <strong>Omaha</strong>’s Technical High<br />
School in 1949 as part of the Society’s<br />
Patriotic Program.<br />
Below: Upon its completion in 1969, the<br />
thirty-story Woodmen Tower was the tallest<br />
building between Chicago and the<br />
West Coast.<br />
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