Reach Inc. presents the 10th Annual Have A Heart Art Auction
Reach Inc. Executive Director Dee Metrick joins Chet to explain how the upcoming Have A Heart Art Auction will raise needed funds for the non-profit.
and last updated 2021-02-01 11:07:52-05
BOZEMAN â Executive Director of Reach Dee Metrick joined Chet this morning to talk about the upcoming Have A Heart Art Auction, now in its 10th year.
The event will be virtual this year and the auction is opening today, with a live presentation by Missy OâMalley and Dee Metrick on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
Client videos will be shared, and there will once again be client art to bid on. Dee says the art will include a wide range of prices so everyone can participate.
Pandemic sends a couple into indefinite long distance though just miles apart
Every Sunday afternoon, Suzan Mubarak keeps an eye on her phone. That is when her boyfriend will call to let her know he s outside her house for their weekly wave.
Mubarak, 31, and Mitch Domier, 43, live a few miles apart in Bozeman, Montana, but those drive-by visits are the closest the couple has been for nearly 10 months. The pandemic largely locked down the homes for adults with developmental disabilities where they each live, limiting them to video chats and the occasional drive-by.
During those Sunday visits, Mubarak s eyes show she s grinning behind her mask. Domier typically leans out the passenger window of the group home s van. Domier s housemates, who like to come along for the drive, wave in the background. If it s not too cold, Mubarak makes her way to the invisible barrier that must separate them by 6 feet. They don t talk long that s saved for their nightly video chats, the only place th
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Originally published on January 26, 2021 8:04 am
Every Sunday afternoon, Suzan Mubarak keeps an eye on her phone. That is when her boyfriend will call to let her know he s outside her house for their weekly wave.
Mubarak, 31, and Mitch Domier, 43, live a few miles apart in Bozeman, Mont., but those drive-by visits are the closest the couple has been for nearly 10 months. The coronavirus pandemic largely locked down the homes for adults with developmental disabilities where they each live, limiting them to video chats and the occasional drive-by.
During those Sunday visits, Mubarak s eyes show she s grinning behind her mask. Domier typically leans out the passenger window of the group home s van. Domier s housemates, who like to come along for the drive, wave in the background.