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HOUSTON â The Exchange Club recently made a donation to Children s Refuge Ministries as part of their community outreach. Children s Refuge Ministries, formerly known as The Refuge-Chickasaw, is a foster care closet where families of foster children can come and get much needed supplies to help raise these children. After speaking to the Exchange Club at one of their meetings before the COVID-19 pandemic set in, the club was determined to help The Refuge out with a donation to their organization. However, the pandemic and some tax documents slowed that process a bit. âUp to this point, the organization operated as a non-profit organization, but had not applied with the Internal Revenue Service for tax exempt status under IRC Section 501(c)(3) nor had we registered with the Mississippi Secretary of Stateâs office as a Charitable Organization,â said Mary Jon Rea, one of the founders of the organization. âBy doing so, contributions made by the pub ....
Helplines offer a refuge for migrants, domestic violence victims 12 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 10 minutes to read Shakti crisis line administrator Simran Lamba speaks Hindi, English, Punjabi and Spanish. Photo / Dean Purcell Helping migrant women escape domestic violence takes a special blend of compassion, skill and local knowledge. Qiuyi Tan visited one helpline tackling the problem directly and another that offers a listening ear to Asian New Zealanders. Sometimes a single call can become an all-night affair. Shirin Akhter was on duty at the Shakti Crisisline in Auckland when a call came through from a terrified woman. Her abusive husband was under a police safety order due to expire and he was coming back into her bubble the next day. It was 7pm on a chilly evening in August 2020, and Akhter was to spend the next 12 hours on and off the phone with the caller. She was so, so scared, her voice was shaking. ....
Print article Alaska’s state-owned economic development corporation on Wednesday agreed to spend up to $20 million to buy leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain in an effort to support future oil exploration and drilling there. The seven-member board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority unanimously granted the corporation’s director permission to bid following 90 minutes of public comments, a two-hour private meeting and a final 30-minute public session. The proposal faced broad public opposition, including complaints that the measure was being rushed through with little public review two days before Christmas. But several board members, in describing their support for the measure, said money from oil that flows from the refuge can support much-needed jobs in Alaska and pay for renewable energy projects that opponents of the investment have said they preferred. ....