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Plans to expand the capacity of an existing natural gas pipeline that goes through the Inland Northwest have concerned environmental and faith groups as they. ....
Feb 4, 2021 Church Raises Money To Pay Off $30M In Medical Debt The Valley Real Life church in Washington state has raised more than $300-thousand to pay off medical debt for families in the Northwest. Outreach pastor Steve Allen says the church partnered with RIP Medical Debt to make their money go even farther. RIP Medical debt is a nonprofit that buys up and forgives medical debt and for every dollar donated, they’re paying off $100 in medical debt, Allen explains. The church’s original goal was to raise $200-thousand, but they soared past that and donations are still coming in. After raising over $300-thousand, RIP Medical Debt will be paying off about $30-million in unpaid medical bills for folks in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Northern California and Utah. ....
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what s clicking on Foxnews.com. A church in Washington state raised more than $300,000 in an effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for families across the Northwest. Now, families within six states who have been held hostage by their expenses will be cleared of their debt thanks to the combined efforts of Valley Real Life and RIP Medical Debt, the church s outreach pastor Steve Allen told Fox News. The church had come up with the idea nearly a year ago, even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Each year, the church holds its Joy to the World holiday fundraiser wherein 100% of the proceeds go outside the walls of Valley Real Life to make a difference in the community and the world. This meant donating to various nonprofits focused on a range of issues from education to poverty. ....
‘Blown away’: Spokane Valley church raising money to help pay off millions in medical debt By Greg Mason, The Spokesman-Review Published: December 30, 2020, 8:52am Share: SPOKANE Fifteen-year-old Kristal Nieland was going into her sophomore year of high school when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Nieland spent nearly two years in and out of hospitals for treatments still somehow finding the strength to attend her senior prom along the way, said her mother, Shirley Carroll. She was 16 when she died in June 1987. Carroll, a single mother trying to run her own business, not only had to contend with her daughter’s death, but roughly $80,000 in medical bills after insurance. She said she made payments during and after Kristal’s treatments. ....