Contact the chamber to be a part of the banquet honoring the 2021 awardees.
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Mary Nordbeck, right, shown in 2017 filling bags for the Feeding Backpack Program in Perham, is the 2021 Humanitarian Award winner in the Chamber Choice awards. (Focus file photo).
The 2021 Chamber Choice Awards banquet will be held on Thursday, April 8 at The Cactus. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. with the program to follow at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Reservations are available from the Chamber of Commerce for $30 per person, which includes dinner and the ceremony. For tickets, contact the Chamber by email at chamber@perhamcc.com or call Sandy
SOUTH BEND â After a year when St. Joseph County saw one of the stateâs largest increases in homelessness, South Bend Mayor James Mueller will soon temporarily hire someone to implement his working groupâs recommendations to address the problem.
The work will include another attempt at establishing an intake center, his deputy chief of staff told the cityâs Common Council on Monday night.
Jordan Gathers, Muellerâs point person on homelessness issues, briefed council members on recommendations that the mayorâs group came up with during weekly meetings from August through December.
There were 516 homeless people in the county on Jan. 29, according to this yearâs federally required Point in Time survey by service providers.
SOUTH BEND â After a year when St. Joseph County saw one of the stateâs largest increases in homelessness, South Bend Mayor James Mueller will soon temporarily hire someone to implement his working groupâs recommendations to address the problem.
The work will include another attempt at establishing an intake center, his deputy chief of staff told the cityâs Common Council on Monday night.
Jordan Gathers, Muellerâs point person on homelessness issues, briefed council members on recommendations that the mayorâs group came up with during weekly meetings from August through December.
There were 516 homeless people in the county on Jan. 29, according to this yearâs federally required Point in Time survey by service providers.
Word came from the feds two weeks ago. The U.S. Treasury was providing $8.1 million directly to St. Joseph County to help people â specifically those disrupted by COVID-19 â to pay for rent and utilities. County Auditor Mike Hamann considered the large sum. The county had applied for the grant out of $25 billion in emergency relief that Congress had approved in December but didnât know how big the local grant would be.
Lacking the staff or expertise in relief aid, Hamann said the county will look to local charities to channel the dollars â charities whoâve already been distributing pandemic aid â though it may take a while to get the new system in place.