Esther Te is joining MRS as a Cash Assistant Specialist. She has experience in refugee services, working closely with the International Migration Organization of Malaysia as an interpreter. She received her associate degree in Business Administration from Suny Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY. She also completed the Administrative Professional Training program at the Literacy Center in Allentown, PA. Esther is multilingual, having the ability to speak in English, Burmese, and Chin […]

Rouler is the best Mardi Gras party in town, and you can help make it so when you volunteer. You can work Bingo, help register folks, cash out winnings for raffle tickets, and so much more. Plus, when you volunteer at the party (not before and after) you get FREE admission and access to authentic Cajun fare, an open bar, live music, and loads of fun.

Email Karen Pate, volunteer coordinator, at […]

Save the date!

The All-Staff Retreat is set for May 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30p.m., at the Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality in southern Indiana.

The event is mandatory.

Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality
101 St Anthony Dr., Mt St Francis, IN 47146

Common Earth Gardens joined Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District and Kentuckiana Backyard Farms to speak on Forward Radio about community orchard pruning, conservation workshops, and more! Take a listen here.

The latest holiday and pay day schedules are posted on the Employee webpage … yup, right where you are now … under Forms and Policies. Be sure to check them out.

Also, 10 extra points to the people who know what song and what artist we are intimating with the title to this post. Send your answers to ssmith@archlou.org. Go!

Meliki has been matched with his mentor Augustine since April. The pair hit it off so well that they’ve opted to extend their match an additional six months! “He’s like my brother,” Meliki shared. A former refugee himself, Augustine remembers how it felt navigating high school and a new community when he first came to the U.S. years ago, making him a great mentor for Meliki. The two love hitting the gym […]

Our sympathy and love to Mary Kay Flege, along-time ombudsman with our Long-Term Care Ombudsman outreach, on the death of her husband, Ed.

Visitation is this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ratterman’s Funeral Home at 3711 Lexington Road, with a memorial service that day at 4 p.m.

Obituary for Ed Flege

Edward J. “Ed” Flege died suddenly on January 22, 2023, due to heart complications. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, on March 13, […]

Alisa Pifine was on WAVE television this week talking up our Language Services program and recruiting interpreters. Watch her here. And GREAT JOB, Alisa!

If you ask Bakhita Empowerment Initiative team members what they love about their work, you’ll see some common themes pretty quickly.

First, there is their passion for walking with people exiting human trafficking as they rebuild their autonomy and self-sufficiency. “We are not saving them,” said Heidi Reyes, who works out of Owensboro. “They are resilient, strong, independent, hard-working, people” whom caseworkers walk with on a unique, individual journey.

“Each participant will be on a different level of independence and meeting them […]