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For our January 9th KX Conversation, Joel Porter and Taylor Aasen spoke with Jim Barnhardt, the founder of the Dream Center.

First birthdays are a big milestone. And one organization is celebrating theirs this month. That journey gave rise to the Dream Center, which is now celebrating its first birthday.

The Bismarck Dream Center began as a small food distribution group, dedicated to donating food and proving meal runs for those in need in the Bismarck-Mandan community. However, the community nonprofit has grown significantly since its early years -- to the point where the organization now has a fully- established, permanent residence in town, which serves to not only provide the Bisman area with food and clothing donations, but also offers a whole host of additional services, including counseling, ministry, and free meals thanks to a partnership with fellow local food bank The Banquet.

The 3.4-million-dollar project is complete, and the community is invited to take a tour.

Mike McCleary’s excellent series on food insecurity concludes today with an examination of child hunger in the state. It’s both a depressing and uplifting story.