Gloria & James Ruffins
Gloria Hearn grew up on Chicagoâs West Side, but her family frequently visited her motherâs sister on the South Side. She was there on the porch when Jim Ruffins came from next door to say hello.
Nearly every visit after that, Gloria and Jim talked about their high schools, their favorite classes, and sports. He played football. She was a cheerleader and ran track as part of the Douglas Park Junior Olympics Team.
âShe was really smart, bright, and interesting, and it was nice to be around her,â said Jim. After about a year of talking, Jim, then 16, asked Gloria for a date. Gloria wanted to say yes, but could not. âIâm not allowed to date until Iâm 16,â she told him.
Stithton Baptist Church in Radcliff held its first meeting Thursday night of the F.A.I.T.H Riders.
âF.A.I.T.H Riders has not been around too long, it first started in Florida,â said Leon Priest of Stithton.
He said there is a chapter at First Baptist Church in Upton and one in Shepherdsville.
The group in Upton started just before COVID hit and hasnât been able to do a lot of activities yet, Upton Pastor J.D. Shipp said.
âWe are hoping to organize a fundraising ride for a family with medical needs,â Shipp said.
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Large Nonprofits: Staff Want To Better Trust Managers, But Love The Work, Mission
April 5, 2021
Old movie buffs might remember the 1967 film Up The Down Staircase with Sandy Dennis playing a school teacher on her first assignment. Staff at the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) in Jacksonville, Fla., don’t need the reminder. One-way staircases are part of the COVID-19 protocol.
Getting staff back in the office or making sure remote operations go off without a hitch is central to what’s going on in the organizations that make up the Best Nonprofits large category of 250 or more employees.
Like everything else, COVID-19 has had a transformative impact on WWP (No. 34 overall and No. 6 in the large category) and the other organizations in the category. The challenge is that organizations such as WWP and Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina are direct service providers and need to be face-to-face.
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