A prestigious award for volunteerism has been presented to the founder of an organization helping people with Parkinson s disease enjoy the great outdoors through hiking. Bill Meyer is the recipient of the 2023 AARP Washington Andrus Award for Community Service. He was diagnosed with Parkinson s in 2009. .
North Dakota s affordable housing gaps came into focus at a public hearing yesterday. A legislative committee, tasked with studying the issue, heard from a range of agencies, community groups and residents. Department of Health and Human Services data revealed more than 15,000 people were experiencing homelessness when applying for the state s pandemic-related Rent Help program over the past couple of years. .
Christmas is a little more than two weeks away, and toy drives around the country are in full swing. A North Dakota organizer shares some things to keep in mind if you re planning a donation in the coming days. Willy Soderholm, executive director of the Community Action Partnership office serving a seven-county area in the state s Minot region, leads a team that carries out an annual holiday effort to provide toys for low-income families. .
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is getting $1 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a radon awareness, testing and mitigation project.