Alinoti Malebo is a former refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who came to the U.S. in 2015 through our own MRS. Because Alinoti and his family received direct services, he wanted to give back to the community. He began by volunteering with MRS, then interned and served as a VISTA. Today he is a financial coach and case aide. Alinoti completed work at Jefferson Community and Technical College where he majored in science, […]
Welcome Layne Sanders, the new youth employment and mentoring specialist with MRS. Layne hails from Asheville, North Carolina, and went to college at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, where she majored in Equine Science and Spanish. Layne moved to Louisville about three years ago and appreciates the city’s diverse culture and opportunities.
Layne is passionate about horses, learning about other cultures, connecting with people, and languages. She especially enjoys learning […]
WLKY Morning News did four two-minute live remotes from Sister Visitor Center’s new choice pantry Tuesday, April 6. Big love to Darko Mihaylovich and Myya Little for being at work at 5 a.m. for their television appearances!
WLKY did a report on the food pantry on all of their evening newscasts, and posted their report on Yahoo! News. You can watch it here: https://www.wlky.com/article/this-west-louisville-food-pantry-functions-like-a-small-grocery-store/36038085#
Click here to read about a virtual rally to support legislature addressing eating disorders … National Eating Disorders Day Thursday, May 6
Please follow the link below for the latest Well@Work podcast created by the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children through a SAMHSA grant to the Department for Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. This resource is intended for your staff and members.
Well@Work Podcast- Episode 17 Recognizing and Managing Burnout- – https://youtu.be/0ngPWmNbJX0
FREE MONTHLY LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES
The Coalition for the Homeless is offering a free, monthly, virtual Lunch and Learn series.
Lunch and Learn sessions will be available on the 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month May 12-December 2021. Sessions run from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Topics include housing first, harm reduction, chronic illness, how to engage clients, in-home […]
Sr. Maureen O’Neill has been at Sister Visitor Center for 15 years and in that time has seen “a lot of changes.” On Monday, April 5, she announced her retirement affective April 30.
“The biggest thing now is this darn COVID,” she says. It and the distance it imposes has made the center’s work “so impersonal now” compared to how it once was, and she longs to once again know more about the individuals she helps.
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You have no idea …
That’s what we learned during CCL’s strategic planning process: that most people have no idea of the breadth and depth of our services. So we’re on a mission to change that.
Thanks to the wise guidance of board members John Drees, Cindy Mason, Deacon Scott Haner, and Teague Ridge, and the generous, brilliant work of Teague Ridge and Talgrace Marketing, we’re rolling out a series of videos that tell the stories of people who have […]
