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We close this year at a critical time in our country and our collective conscience. We are mourning the loss of life, the injuries, and pain from the horrific attacks on our neighbors in San Bernardino and weeks ago in Paris. We are worried about the lives of refugees looking for a peaceful place to call home in welcoming communities, in place of the war zones they are fleeing.

By Ken Inouye, At first I was moved by the concerns expressed by business people and residents about the planned multi-service homeless shelter. I empathized with the panic that arises in all of us when we worry that we are going to lose our nest egg, endanger our children, deteriorate our neighborhood, and bring criminals and perverts where we live.

One of our wonderful Board Members, Treasurer Sean Thomas, was recently officiating at a wedding. In the course of the evening he engaged in a conversation with one of the guests.

Do you enjoy writing or photography?  Well, we may well have a volunteer position that will suit you to a “T”.   Our Director of Partnerships, Melissa Morgan, is looking for individuals to assist the Development Team as a “paparazzi photographer” documenting our 45th year of service in the community as well as people who like to write to assist with external communications,