AVA Community Art Center’s Art Matters gala raised about $77,000 for the organization at the end of January. The night of the event, 31 pieces of art were auctioned off
Detailed flowers, a woman’s face created out of a collage and dominoes make up only a few of the pieces now hanging on the wall at AVA Community Art Center,
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The Council of Community Services in Gillette provides a lot of critical services to the community. It focuses on homelessness and poverty, like running a food pantry and the city s only homeless shelter.
Mikel Scott, the council s executive director, said for years, its building has been falling apart. The flooring of the shelter was so old that I honestly laid just a big thick piece of plywood down under the washing machine because the flooring was like bowing into the basement, she said.
So back in late 2019, when the city gave them $250,000 to cover some upgrades, they were excited. But then the COVID-19 pandemic started hitting the community and the people they serve hard. The council went ahead and allocated $50,000 of that money to be used to keep people in their homes.