Stories of hope

MendoLake Complex Fire Relief - Facebook group, 9.23.2020. Mary Ann Parker of Sonoma County sews 34 quilts during shelter-in-place and then donates them to fire survivors in Mendocino County. She says, "They are organized into bags, one for boys, one for girls, one for women and one for men." She also made and donated quilts during the 2019 Kincade Fire of Sonoma County, giving students who lost their home two new quilts each. Thank you Mary Ann Parker you are one of the pieces to the big...

Check out the innovative way we are engaging the community during these times of social distancing! The Peacetown Family Village is creating space for communities to come together and build on the Protective Factors and strengthen communities. View the video for more information. https://youtu.be/DQPZHIqadt4

Chris Smith, March 21, 2020, for the Press Democrat The full spectrum of misery being inflicted by this damnable pandemic isn’t only terrible but terribly uneven. Some, including all whose livelihoods have evaporated or are in stark danger of doing so, are hurting far more than others. Those worse off are on the minds of people like Marv Hyman and like Dennis Wilkes’ landlord and Deana Abramowitz, who devise ways to level out some of the pain. To read the full story, please open this link:...