by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
This place runs on people who show up. Today it was Mr. Windsor’s 10th grade class from The Cross Christian School. Tomorrow it might be you. If you’ve ever wanted to help your community and just didn’t know where to start, we will find you something to do at the...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
Kids become adults whether anyone prepares them for it or not. Yesterday, Laura Gartin got the chance to speak to students from Marshfield Junior High School with the LifeSmarts (Adulting 101) class and talked about what that actually means. Not just jobs and bills....
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
Educators. Family advocates. People whose organizations don’t always overlap, making time to sit down together anyway. Parents as Teachers hosted their Spring Community Partnership Meeting this morning. Because a family in crisis doesn’t experience one...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
A lot of businesses are in a community. A special few are part of it. From inside the Garner and Smith Insurance office on Jefferson, you can see Lebanon High School. That’s not an accident. Garner & Smith Insurance has been part of this community for nearly...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
Some places you just grow up going to. Advanced Dental, LLC has been part of this community since 2000. The Parade of Trees. The YMCA Chili Cookoff. Scarecrow competitions. Shoutouts from the city for supporting local law enforcement. Chances are your family knows...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
This is what childhood is supposed to look like. The Lil Playhouse and cafe built a tiny town on West Elm Street where kids can just be kids. A general store. A post office. Cars to drive. Room to imagine. At the Hope In Action Awards Banquet on May 12th, we will be...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
There is a place that holds the weight of every emotion you bring through the door. Vintage Flower Market is where you go when you are grieving. When you can’t wait to celebrate. When your heart is so full it feels like it may burst out of your chest. Since 2017...
by sarah | May 19, 2026 | Partners
There is a barrel full of crocheted pickles made by people who just wanted foster kids to have something to hold onto. That is the Lebanon Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a single sentence. 158 pillowcases. A truckload of food from Salt Lake...
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...
