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The North Brunswick Woman’s Club has spent the past year adapting its community service efforts because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Members have made and donated more than 1,000 masks, raised over $1,000 to donate books to both CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and the North Brunswick Food Bank, provided scholarships, made gift baskets of encouragement and treats for first responders, donated water and sweatshirts to Operation Chillout, and continued its partnership with Elmwood Cemetery and Wreaths Across America.
In addition, they worked together – yet separately – to create a quilt, scrapbooking their personal experiences with COVID-19 reflected in each square. They entered the quilt into the Arts and Community Service “What a Wonderful World” Contest.
LWV to discuss Montana redistricting
Montana Redistricting is the focus of the next League of Women Voters of the Helena Area meeting at noon Tuesday.
Speakers will be Susan Fox, executive director of the Legislative Services Division, and Rachel Weiss, legislative research analyst. They will discuss how redistricting works in Montana and share their experience with the 67th Montana Legislature.
The public is welcome to join this online meeting.
For an agenda and a link to join the meeting via Zoom, email LWV.Helena@gmail.com.
CASA volunteers are soughtÂ
Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers are needed.
These are people appointed by the court to advocate for children who come into the court system as a result of alleged abuse or neglect. Most are under 6.
Retired 35th District Judge Stephen Ellis shares his thoughts about the importance of CASA to children in the foster care system as CASA Executive Director Michelle Wells and Advocate/Board Member Brian Imiola look on. [Photo contributed]
On March 9th, CASA in the Heart of Texas launched its 20th Anniversary Campaign on the steps of the Brown County Courthouse. To celebrate their anniversary, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) has launched a campaign to achieve their vision to be able to advocate for EVERY child in the foster care system in Brown, Comanche, and Mills Counties. CASA volunteer Advocates and Staff along with community partners including 35th District Judge Mike Smith and well-wishers from across Brown County joined together for the event and to hear retired 35th District Judge Stephen Ellis talk about the importance of CASA to children in the foster care system and during the court process. “I wish there had been a CASA assigned to every case I heard – we nee
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 3/10/2021 5:15:30 PM
Bennington voters passed all warrant articles Tuesday despite low turnout: only 19 percent of registered voters in town cast a ballot, Town Clerk Kristie LaPlante said.
“Things went well yesterday,” she said, “the Selectmen worked very hard to develop a budget that was in the town’s best interest,” she said, allocating dollars to where they were needed. Voters invested in themselves by approving a $32,000 cardiac monitor, new technology for the town’s first responders, she said.
Voters rejected the ConVal budget on the same day. Residents have registered their school budget concerns with the town, LaPlante said, and have voiced concerns about its “astronomical” impact on local tax rates. Fifty-three percent of 2020 taxes went to ConVal versus 37 percent to town operations, according to a recent post from the Bennington municipal Facebook account.
Housing and Development Newsletter
Since serving nearly 4 million meals to the people of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, WCK has responded to dozens of disasters worldwide and distributed tens of millions of meals in the process.
A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Spain, Andrés is an advocate for immigration reform and on July 4, 2014 was named by President Barack Obama as that year’s Outstanding American by Choice. In 2015, President Obama awarded Andrés the National Humanities Medal “for cultivating our palettes and shaping our culture.”
“We [chefs] feed the few, but we have the opportunity to change the world,” Andrés responded to the honor.