In the parking lot of a local middle school, a handful of women stood in a semicircle peering into the back of a minivan. “What about this one,” said one woman, holding up a brightly colored sports bra. “Do you want to try it on in the car?”
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But if each [wo]man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings – then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.
- George Cadbury
In this global economy where we can visit any big box grocery to find strawberries[......]
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For the past several years, everywhere you turned in the media, the story has been the same – the poor economy is impacting nearly everyone across the U.S. Here in Washington State, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to more than 10 percent in 2010 and has now settled a little, hovering around 8.5 pe[......]
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Martha Brett knows how to make something beautiful from almost nothing. As a domestic violence survivor, Martha left her home and her life to escape her dangerous situation. She left it all behind to save herself and her children, and she even ended up homeless for a while.
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Valerie Norris
When Second Step Housing case manager Valerie Norris learned that the free parenting program at Second Step was going to lose its county funding she knew she had to do something.
“I get tons of feedb[......]
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Tickets are available online and throughout Clark County for the first Vancouver concert in a decade by The Trail Band, a high-energy, eight-person group popular across the Northwest. The multi-talented instrumentalists — most of whom also are vocalists — will appear in concert at 3 p.m. Saturday[......]
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Second Step Housing is excited to announce a new partnership with Stand Realty, a real estate company operating in Clark County, dedicated to doing business a little differently. Every time they make a sale, 25% of that commission is donated directly to a charity or non-profit organization in the na[......]
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Mothers who were preparing to have nothing for their children this Christmas ended up having bikes, skateboards, new clothes, lego and nerf sets, hot wheels, new sheets and much more because of the overwhelming gift giving efforts of the employees at SEH America, Inc. (www.shin-estsu.com). SEH Amer[......]
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Cyndi and Greg Helle, owners of The Family Farm, which boasts a Christmas tree farm in Graham, WA, donated 100 trees to Second Step families prior to the holidays. “The Family Farm” is a not-for-profit working farm with Christmas trees, cattle, chickens, pumpkins and a garden. They are grateful to[......]
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It has become an annual event at Clark County Skills Center to adopt families from Second Step Housing for Christmas. This year, Mr. Draper’s AM and PM Construction Technology classes adopted families as well as Ms. Brown’s Travel and Hotel Management AM and PM classes. The gift giving events are[......]
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