Anna Smith joins MRS

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Anna Smith has joined MRS as an Adult ESL Instructor. Anna graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in International Studies and a minor in Chinese language. She is married to, Noah who is a civil engineer.  Anna says she loves to travel and spend time with her husband. Welcome, Anna!

2021-11-04T18:13:08-05:00November 3rd, 2021|

Common Table student has big love at home, big plans in the works

Luci Poree has tasty plans for her future. She’s picturing a food truck, home cooked meals, soul food … and being open all night instead of all day.

“Emergency responders like police, firefighters, doctors, and nurses work late night shifts and have a hard time finding good meals at that time,” she explained. She plans to call her truck Meal Deals on Wheels […]

2021-11-02T16:21:14-05:00November 2nd, 2021|

Alissa Edwards joins MRS

Alissa Edwards has joined MRS as the Refugee In-Kind Coordinator. Alissa is a United States Marine veteran and wildland firefighter. She earned her master’s degree in Disaster Management from Florida International University and an undergraduate degree in International Relations, with a certificate in Middle East and Muslim World Studies from from FIU, also.

As an adventure enthusiast, Alissa has bungee jumped in Nepal, summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Fuji, skydived in […]

2021-11-02T15:23:18-05:00November 2nd, 2021|

ILS helps survivor of domestic abuse

A little over 6 years ago, ILS began working with a client from Mexico who now lives in Nelson County. As a survivor of extreme domestic violence who participated in the investigation of the crimes committed against her, she received the certification from law enforcement necessary to pursue a U visa. ILS assisted her with that application, and this month, she finally received approval. Now, she has legal status in the United States and will […]

2021-10-26T18:16:08-05:00October 26th, 2021|

Staff profile: Jacob Bush

Jacob Bush said to his wife just the other day that whatever he does for a living, he wants to be able to come home and say, “Today I made somebody’s life even marginally better. I made things a little less difficult for them today.” He can do that, he said, every day that he works at Sister Visitor Center.

As an outreach associate, […]

2021-10-26T17:54:21-05:00October 26th, 2021|

Mandatory open enrollment meeting Monday, October 25

Please join me at our Open Enrollment Meeting on Monday, October 25th from 11:30am-12:30pm via Zoom.  This is not an optional meeting as our Open Enrollment process is different this year in that each employee will be required to select and input your own benefits via Bernie Portal. 

I am excited […]

2021-10-22T16:16:17-05:00October 22nd, 2021|
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