Anything and everything is possible when you connect with the heart of a child. That’s what the recovery teams at Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy Center set out to accomplish each day, and they’ve been succeeding for 27 years. “Hope Haven originally started as a children’s shelter,” says John James, executive director. “A group of local […]
Walk through Biloxi National Cemetery in December, and you can’t help but be moved by the sight of festive Christmas wreaths adorning thousands of graves. Julia Richardson, Harrison County Veterans Service officer, is on a mission to ensure that all the veterans and their loved ones interred at the cemetery are remembered and honored. In […]
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Front row (l to r): Jennifer Seymour, Ann Denison, Liz Joachim, Kande DeGrasse-Steele, Jennifer Walker; Second row (l to r): Louis D. Bridges, Ashleigh Lamas, Henry Dick, Dewey Mason, Marcus Boudreaux, Bill Briscoe, Jimmy Spiers, Susan Hunt, Paul Tisdale, Larry Drawdy, Alton Bankston Ann Denison, treasurer and charter member of the Biloxi First Educational Foundation, […]
The pandemic may have forced Adopt a Grandparent Day to adapt, but the effort to visit, cherish and celebrate local seniors has rebounded stronger than ever. Kathy Rogers, who founded the initiative in 2014 and now serves as executive director, sought to address the epidemic of loneliness among the elderly. On Adopt a Grandparent Day, […]
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Here we speak with Elise Deano, manager of Ruth’s Roots — a community garden in Bay St. Louis. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND MISSION OF RUTH’S ROOTS? Ruth’s Roots is a place of peace, education, empathy, art and compassion. Its multi-faceted mission is to: 1) provide a free place for families to visit where there […]
Early in my career, I contemplated leaving. Thousands of Gulf Coast families were navigating political unrest, a housing market crash and the unrelenting annual assault of hurricanes. Every hard-raised dollar vanished as quickly as a bead of sweat on the heads of the parents I helped support. Henri Nouwen’s “The Spirituality of Giving” bolstered me […]
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A weekend of renewal for the mind, body and spirit culminated in recognition for winners of the Destiny’s Elite Girls Scholarship Project. Destiny’s Elite Girls is a nonprofit, student-run service organization that strives to connect community resources with community needs. Recently, finalists for a $1,000 scholarship were invited to the My Journey Weekend Getaway, held […]
