West Virginia residents impacted by the impending snowstorm this weekend can dial 211 from any phone for information and referral services. WV 2-1-1 has been activated by VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) and the Governor’s office to respond to this weekend’s storms, and will coordinate information from various sources so that callers to 2-1-1...
Month: January 2016
Living Mercy in the Family
On Sunday, I had the pleasure of leading a discussion at All Saints Church in Bridgeport. We talked about what it means to “Live Mercy” in the context of our families. We also talked about how important it is to extend that mercy beyond our families and into the wider community. We are already doing/living...
Healthy Bodies; Healthy Spirits
West Virginia is #1 in a lot of things we don’t want to be #1 in: Nearly one in four of our fifth-graders already have high blood pressure, according to West Virginia University measurement of thousands of schoolchildren. One in six kindergartners comes to school already obese, putting them at high risk of future diabetes...