An upcoming event in Buffalo will give the non-athlete in all of us a chance to contribute to a great cause without much possibility of physical harm.
The Race for the Rest of Us will be happening on Saturday, June 4 and will be raising funds for Friends Feeding Friends in Johnson County.
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OAK HILL — Two Hometown Heroes who have toiled to make a difference in their communities were among those recognized this week by West Virginia Can’t Wait.
Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • May 6, 2021 • 4 minute read
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The challenge of collecting non-perishable food items during the latest COVID-19 lockdown has prompted the Partners in Mission Food Bank to cancel its traditional May food blitz and replace it with an appeal for online monetary donations.
This is the second year in a row the food blitz has been cancelled due to the pandemic.
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Pre-pandemic, the food blitzes were staged over one day at a local grocery store, and before that, volunteers would go door to door in the Kingston area to collect food items. The usual haul would be approximately 25,000 pounds of food.
May 4, 2021 at 5:15 am
The County of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) announce the award of $380,000 to 26 organizations through the Puna Strong grants program.
Puna Strong takes a community-based disaster management approach that values the knowledge and capacities of residents and builds on local resources. In addition to providing grants, the County and HCF will work with intermediaries in the community to assist with technical support, peer learning and network building among recipients.
The County and HCF launched Puna Strong in January 2021 to assist with disaster readiness and community resilience, both strategies identified in the Kīlauea Recovery and Resilience Plan, following the 2018 Kīlauea eruption. It is supported by $250,000 from the County’s recovery funds and $130,000 from HCF’s Hawai‘i Island Volcano Recovery Fund, Hawai‘i Island Strong Fund and Anderson-Beck Fund.
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