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...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | Board of Directors
A Lebanon native, Cori has a huge heart for foster care and helping others in need. She has spearheaded many groups, fundraiser, and events in service of her community. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Business from College of the Ozarks and has...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | Partners
It was loud. It was chaotic. It was exactly what it was supposed to be. Kids’ Night Out was a full-on Nerf battle! Four hours of running and screaming and foam darts flying in every direction. Kids who needed a night to just be kids got exactly that. Little Caesars...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | Partners
There’s something you don’t know about Bandana’s. We didn’t either. Not until we called about the Hope In Action Awards Banquet and ended up in a conversation we weren’t expecting. A calendar pulled out. Every week full of quiet commitments to this community that...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | Partners
People find each other. They always have. A community exists because people decided this was the place. A building gets restored because someone believes in what the street still holds. A studio gets built because stories need somewhere to live. Ozark Fiber built that...
by sarah | Apr 29, 2026 | This is the Ozarks
Nobody gives permission for a community to exist. In 1849, someone donated land on a hill and drew the lines of a town. It was a reasonable decision. High ground. A crossroads. A courthouse went up. A name went on a map. Lebanon began the way most things begin,...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | Partners
It was loud. It was chaotic. It was exactly what it was supposed to be. Kids’ Night Out was a full-on Nerf battle! Four hours of running and screaming and foam darts flying in every direction. Kids who needed a night to just be kids got exactly that. Little Caesars...
by sarah | Apr 28, 2026 | Partners
Some towns have a place everybody knows. You know which mornings to go. You know what to order. The counter where a fireman and a farmer and a teacher all become, for a few minutes, just neighbors. Carmen’s is one of those places. Elle Winterrowd learned to bake...
