Southeast Minnesota women sew hope for girls around the world Chatfield woman nurtures effort to help dress needy children February 27, 2021 1:26pm Text size Copy shortlink:
After Denise Smalley and her husband, Charles, retired several years ago, they moved from the Chicago area back to the small town of Chatfield, Minn., where Charles grew up.
They had visited family there for decades, so it only made sense to join the church they d regularly attended when they came to the town in the rolling hills outside of Rochester, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The town immediately felt like home. Denise kept in touch with a close friend from her church in Chicago and for months that friend kept mentioning an organization she d gotten involved in: Dress A Girl Around the World. The friend told Denise that the Iowa-based nonprofit made dresses for girls worldwide. Over the past decade, in fact, the organization had
Special to the Weatherford Democrat Bridge Class helps close gap between pre-K and kindergarten for those who need more time
Special to the Weatherford Democrat Feb 28, 2021
Trinity Christian Academy students in the Bridge Program reading. Special to the Weatherford Democrat
Imagine standing on one side of a body of water trying to get to the other side without a bridge.
Now imagine a 5-year old looking at that same problem but instead of water, the gap they are looking to get over is knowledge and maturity.
Realizing that sometimes pre-kindergarten classes arenât enough and that those children with summer birthdays may not be ready just yet for kindergarten, Trinity Christian Academy created a Bridge Program to help.
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