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So Little Effort - Such a Big Impact!

So Little Effort - Such a Big Impact!

How to make a big difference? Try our countywide composting-made-easy program…you’ll like it!

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Wisdom of a Native American

Wisdom of a Native American

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Many locals were grateful for the heartwarming and filling Thanksgiving celebration that LOTM provided….

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Dog Rescue Mission

Dog Rescue Mission

My family and I were in Arizona when we found a stray dog and tried to help her....

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Always, Forever

Always, Forever

How blessed we are to know someone we will miss - until we meet again...

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I Am NOT Fearless – Nor Am I A Blind Sheep

I Am NOT Fearless – Nor Am I A Blind Sheep

Help us with this mask thing, Lord! 

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Reflection on Ending Racism

Reflection on Ending Racism

I don’t think most white people consider themselves to be racist...

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The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

I saw my ENT 3 days ago to have my 5 year cancer check up...

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Re-opening Predicaments & Kindness

Re-opening Predicaments & Kindness

Many of us struggle to protect our own and others' health while helping businesses and employees to survive financially... 

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Scary Snowy Drive

Scary Snowy Drive

As I looked out the window my uneasiness increased by the minute. I'll never make it... 

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A Mothers' Day Tribute

A Mothers' Day Tribute

A Saint Sighting...

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God Is Love. Pass It On.

God Is Love. Pass It On.

If you keep your eyes open, you see love in action hundreds of times a day... 

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It’s Like Winning the Lottery

It’s Like Winning the Lottery

Money from heaven - tax free! What to do with it? How about paying it forward to others in need…

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Immigration and Detention: A First Hand Account

Immigration and Detention: A First Hand Account

Dave Domzal and his daughter Alyssa were shocked by conditions they witnessed...

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UPDATE - Helping Hands

UPDATE - Helping Hands

FIRC staffers wear masks sewn by the Bag Ladies while prepping for the Food Bank...

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UPDATE! Food for FIRC Emergency Pantry

UPDATE! Food for FIRC Emergency Pantry

Requests for food by FIRC clients have skyrocketed in Silverthorne...

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What’s The Plan, Stan?

What’s The Plan, Stan?

Early in March, “What’s the Plan, Stan?” meant what are we going to do today? But this morning my survival plan is….

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Double Back to Help Someone

Double Back to Help Someone

I passed a young lady sitting on a bench by the lake creating beadwork, but then it occurred to me...

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Stronger than Struggle

Stronger than Struggle

An Anniversary Scripture:  "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it." Song of Solomon 8:6-7

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Putting CARE Into Practice

Putting CARE Into Practice

Not only a pandemic, but many other life challenges may at some time produce a gaping hole in your routine or your family's routine that causes you to need a helping hand...

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Willowbrook Mothers' Ingenuity

Willowbrook Mothers' Ingenuity

Why are kids and adults in Silverthorne scavenging all week...

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Reflections from White Eagle

Reflections from White Eagle

This moment humanity is going through can now be seen as a portal and as a hole. The decision to fall into the hole...

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Families Welcome New Babies Amid Epidemic

Families Welcome New Babies Amid Epidemic

The birth of a child is always an occasion to celebrate...

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Gig Workers and COVID19 Quarantine

Gig Workers and COVID19 Quarantine

Who is helping GIG workers like Annie? Would you be able to...

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