The stark reality of the Coronavirus Pandemic has brought new hardships to one of our community’s most vulnerable populations—our fellow residents who are homeless. But while the pandemic presents a fresh set of terrifying challenges to those living on the street, the staff at Modesto’s Salvation Army Berberian Shelter, on the corner of 9th and D streets, is vigorously responding to the health crisis in this time of “all hands […]
Community Profile: Award-winning Poet & KCBP Radio Programmer Linda Scheller
Linda Scheller’s Fierce Light has recently received accolades from outside our area, earning prizes in the National League of American Pen Women’s 2020 Catherine Cushman Leach Poetry Award competition. “The Ballad of Dr. James Barry” received 2nd place, and “Hill Top” earned 3rd place. The awards will be given in Washington, D.C. in April. Stanislaus County is home to an exceptionally vibrant and prolific poetry community, nurturing, a rich diversity […]
CASA: Advocating for Children in Foster Care
“At any given time in Stanislaus County there’s somewhere between 800 to 1,000 children in foster care,” recently lamented Steve Ashman, who serves as the Executive Director of CASA of Stanislaus County. “Children in foster care are not in foster care because of something they did, but, rather, something that’s been done to them. A lot of kids live in multiple places, and their lives are upside down,” continued Ashman. […]
WELL: Seeds Leading to Success and Wellness
When she was a little girl of six or seven, Alana Scott asked her mom to buy a certain toy. When her mom told her she couldn’t purchase the item because it wasn’t in the budget, she then further explained that it was important not to spend more than what you brought in, and showed Alana how to balance a checkbook. From those first lessons in financial literacy, Alana’s mother […]