by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
Very few things outlive the person who started them. Vernal Henry was a farm kid from near El Dorado Springs. As a junior in high school he purchased three outstanding registered Berkshires, because he understood what it meant to invest in something that would last....
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
Ninety-eight children are going home with a beach towel that has their name on it. Not a generic towel. Their name. Laquita Angst made every single one. Richland Lodge covered the cost. This month’s Kids’ Night Out take-home packs reached 29 families. That’s 145...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I blocked most of my childhood out. Then one day I heard a belt buckle. I was born in Tacoma, but I grew up everywhere. Germany first, then Arizona, then Missouri. My dad was in the Army, and when I was little, life was good. In Germany, the neighbors would bring you...
by sarah | May 12, 2026 | Voices of Hope
Two days after I turned three, I had a complete hysterectomy. I was born on Altus Air Force Base while my mom was in the military and my dad was in the Air Force. Three months later we moved back to Lebanon, where both sides of my family were from. This has always...
by sarah | May 12, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I think I’m still just trying to save teenage me. My mother didn’t want me. The loss of her first daughter was too much to bear and mental healthcare wasn’t what it is now. When she found out she was pregnant again and that it was another girl, she...
