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UWNEMN Executive Director Erin Shay said the results are inspiring. “2020 was a difficult year in many ways, but these results are a testament to what our communities can do when we pull together to face a crisis,” she said. “It just goes to show you that on the Iron Range, people take care of each other.” Funds were raised through local workplace campaigns, online donations, mail donations, fundraisers, and grant writing. They will be used in the coming year to support UWNEMN partner agencies: Advocates for Family Peace, Angel Fund, Arrowhead Center Adolescent Treatment, ...

The recipients registered for Project Care Pack in the February and March newsletters. The care packs, with helpful consumer items, humorous notes and inspirational thoughts, are intended for seniors who have been cut off from family and otherwise isolated during the pandemic year -- especially this past winter. After handing out packs Wednesday, distribution will continue Thursday at the monthly Grab and Go events at the Whipple Senior Center between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Karen Johnston, director of Weymouth Elder Services, described the completion of another "feel good senior project," o...

  Project Care Free Clinics of the Iron Range, like many other non-profit organizations, had to pivot with a redirection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The clinics went to telehealth formats in March 2020 and will be reopening their physical office in Grand Rapids beginning January 19, 2021. In 2011, Project Care opened its satellite clinic in Grand Rapids, offering up basic medical care services, health outreach, and continuity of care to the uninsured.  Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinics were seeing seven to nine walk-in patients regularly per two-hour clinic.  “Hibbin...