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The Matthew House emergency shelter in Sidney is in dire need of a new boiler system, and as of this month they are about halfway to their goal, due to the generosity of our local garage sale shoppers. The annual spring Blessing Sale at Fairview Alliance Church has been an exciting event for the past 11 years as tens of thousands of dollars have been raised for various local and international causes. The community is always generous in sharing both sale items and financial donations. This year...
Three little pigs and a young girl with a red hood all faced the same hazard — a big bad wolf! It turns out we can learn a lot from these children’s stories. The Dare to Prepare at the Fair booth, put together by the Richland County Disaster & Emergency Services and the American Red Cross, will follow this theme, encouraging the community to prepare for potential disasters, just as the clever pig with the brick house did. The booth still will have great prizes, including cool survival gear, Powder Keg pizza gift cards and other local don...
Ask any of the 315,000 daily visitors to Emergency Rooms across America, and very few will tell you that they expected to be there. While we may think that accidents or natural disasters will never occur on our watch, none of us is impervious. Consider a breakdown of average daily ER trauma cases: Auto accident injuries 6,171 Auto accident deaths 120 Dog bites 1,056 Unintentional child poisonings 236 Firearm injuries 192 Firearm deaths 72 Choking children treated 48 Residential fire injuries 31 Residential fire deaths 6 Accidental drowning...
The Mother’s Day gifts you purchase this year could bless two women at once. Mercy Market will be set up at Reynold’s in Sidney this Sat., May. 7, with a variety of beautiful handmade jewelry, scarves, t-shirts, handbags and other products dedicated to preventing sex trafficking and restoring its victims. These products represent the new livelihood of many women rescued from the international sex trade and your purchase provides direct support for them and their children. Some items provide care for children at risk of being trafficked in ove...
The Bakken area is in desperate need of a safe house for victims of human trafficking. Windie Lazenko of 4 Her North Dakota is hard at work to establish such a facility, and residents of Richland County are invited to help. The annual "Blessing Sale" at Fairview Alliance Church will channel all proceeds to the safe house project for the second year in a row. Last year your generosity provided over $5,000 to 4 Her and we're hoping to exceed that figure this year in order to help meet this u...
As you shop for Mom this year, why not consider women who are less fortunate and bless them as well? Mercy Market international crafts will be set up inside Reynold’s Market Saturday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 9th from 10 am until 7 pm, offering beautiful jewelry, scarves, purses and other gift items handmade by women around the world who are trying to work their way out of poverty, prostitution and exploitation. One simple purchase can make a significant impact in a country where people live on less than $2 per day. Enjoy free gift wrapping w...
Mercy Market international crafts will be on display this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Reynolds Market in Sidney. This is a great opportunity to purchase beautiful Thai silk scarves and jewelry handmade by women in desperate circumstances around the world. Because Mercy Market is a volunteer, not-for-profit ministry, you can give these gifts with confidence that the crafters will be as blessed as your Valentine! All proceeds go toward providing freedom, dignity, and an honorable source of income for these at-risk women and...
What is the number one way you can help, rather than hinder, your community in a crisis? Be prepared yourself! Plan to take care of your own family to free up necessary aid for the injured and the vulnerable that will need it most. “Nothing can be more detrimental to the response to a catastrophe than if first responders must waste vital time and resources taking care of those who could have taken care of themselves.” (“After Hurricane Sandy: Time to Learn and Implement the Lessons in Preparedness, Response, and Resilience,” Special Report #144...
How much control do you have over your own survival in a disaster? The surprising fact is that our actions matter more than most of us think. Replacing a fatalistic “if it happens, it happens” attitude with confident, active participation can mean all the difference. The secret? Practice. Research reveals that our brains follow established neurological pathways; when faced with a situation, they search for a familiar pattern of response. In a crisis, they often can’t find a suitable response and choose the wrong one. The most common is freez...
Natural or man-made hazards exist throughout our nation, and Richland County is no exception. The four highest risks in our area are Flooding, Summer Storms/Tornadoes, Winter Storms and Hazardous Material Spills, According to Richland County’s brand new Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (viewable at www.richlandhazardplan.com/PDF/ Richland_County_MHMP_Adopted.pdf). In recent history, Richland County has averaged 2 flood events, 4 hazardous material releases, 8 summer storms and 9 winter storms per year. The odds of being involved in a local d...
4Her North Dakota is responding to the growing sex industry in the Bakken. Founder and Victim Advocate Windie Lazenko has been in the Williston area just a few months and has already rescued 10 women from human trafficking situations. Fairview Alliance Church will be holding their annual "Blessing Sale" June 21st in conjunction with 4Her ND to help meet the urgent need for a safe house for these girls. Rummage sale items will not be priced; rather, shoppers are encouraged to take whatever they n...
This Christmas, shoppers in Richland County have the opportunity to bless two people with one gift. While offering unique artistic gifts, each purchase provides hope and honorable income for disabled orphans, refugees, impoverished villagers or victims of sex trafficking and prostitution. Thanks to Mercy Market and their local volunteers, a collection of jewelry, scarves, Christmas decorations, specialty coffees and assorted handcrafted items from 27 international partners will be on display this Saturday, Nov. 16th, at Fairview High School...
