It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it? Sixty percent of people in long-term care facilities like nursing homes won’t have any visitors this Christmas….or any other time. You can change that by volunteering with us as a friendly visitor. Email Moria at mbrennan@archlou.org to learn more.
Caleb Hansen really likes to teach.
Caleb is an English language trainer with Migration and Refugee Services by day, and an English as a second language teacher with Jefferson County Public Schools by night.
At MRS, he’s in the classroom about three hours a day, working primarily but not exclusively with people arriving from Cuba. With JCPS he sees a variety of nationalities. Because he works two […]
We received this email today from Deacon Stephen Bowling, director of Family and Life Ministries:
It is with a heavy heart that I need to inform you that Denise Puckett’s sister, Nancy Ellegood, passed away this morning at Baptist East. Please keep Denise and her family in your prayers at this difficult time. I will send along the arrangements when they are made.
Eternal […]
Please visit cclou.org/christmas and click on the Sign up to volunteer link to see where you can help THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY!
Thank you!
We absolutely love Amina’s sambusas! A recipe from her home country of Somalia, they are sure to provide a fun and delicious experience! Amina and her family farm with the Common Earth Gardens Incubator Farm.
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You still have time to get in on the CCL gift exchange!
Thursday, December 16
at Market Street
Friday, December 17
at Fourth Street.
Bring a wrapped gift, either handcrafted or bought, valued at $10 to $15. Please bring in a gift that represents you in some way: you love to read mysteries, you […]
Please remember Cydnei Dean and her family in your prayers at the unexpected passing of Cydnei’s mother. We will share arrangements here when they’re available.
Common Earth Gardens has received a $50,000 grant from the Novak Family/Lift a Life Foundation. The grant will be used to pursue and secure additional acreage, and to expand current garden sites, to make more land available to more growers.
Common Earth Gardens develops and supports farmers who have resettled as refugees in urban Louisville from more agricultural regions around the world. […]
The Bakhita Empowerment Initiative team is fully staffed and celebrating! The team gathered from Louisville, Lexington, and Owensboro at the Wicked Eyed Woman in Elizabethtown for their holiday party.
Pictured from left to right, front row, are Raquell Jackson, Lexington case manager; Tamar Israel, prevention education coordinator; and Rebecca Banks, Lexington case manager. Left to right, back row: Marissa Casetllanos, director; Amy […]
