Just like the best beginner trading apps that teach you how to invest your money, you need apps that help you connect with your community. It turns out, there are quite a few. They help you trade, make friends, and find new places to do things in your community.
When Alicia, a single mom of two exuberant boys, found herself in need of some basic items for her new apartment, she didn’t know where to turn. Alicia, because of some family issues, needed to strike out on her own with her boys. She was eventually able to get an apartment, but had exhausted her financial resources doing so. While they had a roof over their heads, they didn’t have much else.
This Valley is blessed with so much talent in so many different forms. A group of some of those talented performers have come together to form the Fools Collaborative. We sat down with their creative director and “founding Fool” Haley White to learn more about them.
If strolling is your thing and if you like meeting new people, there will be no excuses for being sedentary or lonely after you read this article. If you live in or around Fresno, pick a day of the week and there is a place to gather with friendly people, exchange ideas, and be supported in your own growth.
I am not referring to a self-help group like A.A.
I am referring to Toastmasters!
Recently, local religious congregations were treated to the following announcement from a local group of religious communities called “Faith in Community:”
"Do you believe that every life in our beloved city of Fresno matters? As people of faith, we know that all people are created in the image of God and that every life has inherent worth and dignity. We are facing some immense challenges - we have the nation's highest concentration of poverty, second-highest metropolitan poverty level overall in the country, a 20 year difference in the life expectancy between Southwest and Northeast Fresno, and 8 of California’s 10 riskiest, most toxic neighborhoods."
It's that time again--time for the Emmy Awards! This year's award show will be this Sunday, September 23 at 7e/4p on ABC. So in honor of the Emmys we are having another Emmy Award countdown where we review and talk about some of the shows that are nominated. We are starting off with a look at some of the best actress and supporting actress nominees, Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad and Boardwalk Empire, and we will add a review each day until the Emmys on Sunday!
According to Pastor William D. Sanchez of the Faith Family Worship Center Apostolic Church (FFWCAC) in Sanger, more than 650 people were served a free meal, were registered and given free school supplies, and had their name put in a prize drawing for free bicycles, during their second annual Back to School Community Outreach event.
Anthony “Ap” Armour, Bryan Feil, and Garth Richards cannot tell you who “runs” Neighborhood Thrift. What runs the organization is a sense of mission and a vision for what the ministry can and does accomplish in people’s lives. They describe themselves as a “triumvirate,” formed around a common purpose to launch a bold venture in the heart of the Tower District of Fresno.
I would like to think that Art Tabler would have thrown Reedley’s first Fiesta in my honor since I moved to Reedley and he came up with the Fiesta idea the same year: 1947. He did feel our tight-knit little community had reason to celebrate, but because our diverse ethnic population had given their lives and support to protecting our country during World War II and local young men who had fought in Europe, North Africa, and Asia were just beginning to return home, also the local farmers who grew crops for the war effort had completed harvest - what better time for a community celebration?
Hello, Dolly! opened at CenterStage Clovis Community Theatre this past weekend to large, enthusiastic crowds after a tremendous race against time the last week before opening, caused by the loss of their original Dolly. Clytee Ramsey came out of retirement to step in and fill the void as Dolly.
