Community Man King is all for giving back, but when it comes to being a First Fridays volunteer, he’s (mostly) in it for the fun "When it comes to volunteering, a lot of people talk about the value of giving back and working in service…
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Fire, Ice and Everything Nice Elkhart County Ice Sculptor Sammy Moore Returns for Goshen's Fire and Ice Festival "I've been able to travel a lot the past two or three years, doing my ice sculptures at shows, events, and different jobs, and it's been amazing,"…
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The Window, Miller, Working To Help People In Need "I walked into The Window one day looking to volunteer. I was talking to someone and mentioned my development background and I was taken in to meet the executive director, Ed Swartley. We talked. I’d brought…
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López DeMarco's Work Brings Communities Together "For a lot of business owners, being involved in the Latino Business Expo is a transformational experience," says Yolo López DeMarco, whose business—Yolo Vox—hosts Elkhart's annual Latino Business Expo (LBE). "There’s nothing wrong with a basic pop-up market, but…
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Inmates learning, growing through Lacasa's financial basics program “I think there are assumptions made about people who are incarcerated; that they are violent, or bad, or disrespectful people—and that’s not usually the case at all,” says Ashley Bowen, the Director of Client Empowerment for Lacasa…
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The Best Kind of Power Couple “I'm a terrible Minecraft partner—I could play that video game for 20 years straight and I’d still be just awful at it, but if that’s what one of the kids needs from me that’s what I’ll do,” says Goshen's…
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Helping Every Way He Can “I grew up in a part of Kansas that is known for volunteerism and service work, where people would help out at a local level and they’d also travel great distances to be of service to others,” says Billy Holdeman-Bass,…
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A Community-Driven Life “I was looking for opportunities, and I came from Guatemala to Goshen in 1992,” says Oscar Molina Jr., a volunteer for the Hispanic Heritage Festival in Goshen. “I think because I’m someone who went through a lot of challenges to get here—someone…
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“The rodeo that we host here at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair isn’t just a little county rodeo for fun,” says Dewey Miller, the volunteer coordinator for the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Rodeo. “Our rodeo at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair is the real deal.…
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“We see about 200,000 people come through the gates every year at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. It’s a big event, and there’s a lot to it – and it seems like every year, a few weeks before the start of it, there’s a point…
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