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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Arc of Southwest Washington fires director

June 7, 2018, 7:25pm Clark County News

The Arc of Southwest Washington has fired its executive director and likely won’t be able to open its planned thrift store in central Vancouver. Read story

Volunteers with Michelle’s Love, a small nonprofit that helps single moms with cancer, did yard work, cleaned and painted the inside of Christy Castro’s house in Vancouver on Saturday.

Michelle’s Love: Relief for moms trying to recover

Volunteers with Michelle’s Love, a small nonprofit that helps single moms with cancer, did yard work, cleaned and painted the inside of Christy Castro’s house in Vancouver on Saturday.

June 6, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Health

Michelle’s Love, a small Scapoose, Ore.-based nonprofit that helps single moms with cancer, is showing more love to moms in Vancouver. Read story

Alison Dolder, department head for professional baking and pastry arts at Clark College, right, helps sixth-grader Eduardo Castellon, right, crack an egg while Eduardo Santos, left, Jaden Cleere and Janoah Stegall watch nearby during a baking lesson at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington in April 2017.

Lynch Fund matches Boys & Girls Clubs donations — for $2M total

Alison Dolder, department head for professional baking and pastry arts at Clark College, right, helps sixth-grader Eduardo Castellon, right, crack an egg while Eduardo Santos, left, Jaden Cleere and Janoah Stegall watch nearby during a baking lesson at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington in April 2017.

June 5, 2018, 9:23am Clark County News

The Ed and Dollie Lynch Fund is providing an unlimited match to donations raised Saturday evening during the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington’s fundraising event. After the match, $2,030,180 was raised to support local Boys & Girls Clubs — all in “maybe 20 minutes,” said Elise Menashe, executive… Read story

Terry Covington, from left, Kitty Ash and Suzanne Philbrook are all part of the Traveling Day Society, a ministry of All Saints Episcopal Church that performs native music at funerals, hospices and hospitals.

All Saints Episcopal Church meshes Christian, Native American traditionsvideo icon

Terry Covington, from left, Kitty Ash and Suzanne Philbrook are all part of the Traveling Day Society, a ministry of All Saints Episcopal Church that performs native music at funerals, hospices and hospitals.

June 3, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

The Rev. Joe Scheeler thinks Christian and Native American spiritual journeys aren’t so different from one another, nor are they incompatible. Read story

A motorist passes the tent of a homeless resident along an overpass on Grant Street in Vancouver in April.

Annual homeless count shows 39 percent jump

A motorist passes the tent of a homeless resident along an overpass on Grant Street in Vancouver in April.

June 3, 2018, 6:03am Clark County News

The number of people who live outside is up 39 percent from last year according to a count of homelessness in Clark County. Council for the Homeless recently released results from the Point in Time count, an annual census of the homeless population taken on a single day in January. Read story

Letter carrier Bob Weyer delivers mail and yellow grocery bags to residents of Vancouver’s Carter Park neighborhood during a previous year's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Stamp Out Hunger campaign hopes to deliver

Letter carrier Bob Weyer delivers mail and yellow grocery bags to residents of Vancouver’s Carter Park neighborhood during a previous year's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

May 10, 2018, 7:13pm Clark County News

May is not generally a time of year when people think to donate to the Clark County Food Bank. In fact, that’s the point behind the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive happening Saturday. Read story

Solange Cyr, left, and her husband Edward Collister, both of Quebec City, and Lilly Boulianne and her husband Dave Halstead, right, both of Vancouver, stand Friday in front of the RV that Cyr is driving cross-country while the other three ride their bicycles.

Friends cycling across the U.S. for a cause

Solange Cyr, left, and her husband Edward Collister, both of Quebec City, and Lilly Boulianne and her husband Dave Halstead, right, both of Vancouver, stand Friday in front of the RV that Cyr is driving cross-country while the other three ride their bicycles.

May 6, 2018, 6:06am Clark County News

A couple of years ago when a group of friends started planning a cross-country cycling trip, they had to ask themselves why. Why are we doing this? Who else could benefit from this besides ourselves? Read story

Vancouver Housing Authority discusses primary mission

April 29, 2018, 6:05am Clark County News

The Vancouver Housing Authority is trying to figure out where it fits in the ever-evolving local housing landscape. Read story

Water main break floods Salmon Creek Avenue

April 27, 2018, 7:33am Clark County News

A water main broke late Thursday, flooding Northeast Salmon Creek Avenue near Northeast Betts Road. Read story

A tractor-trailer rolled onto its side on I-205 southbound Thursday morning in the Salmon Creek area.

Tractor-trailer rollover blocks lane on I-205

A tractor-trailer rolled onto its side on I-205 southbound Thursday morning in the Salmon Creek area.

April 26, 2018, 9:31am Clark County News

A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 205 Thursday morning, blocking the right lane of the southbound freeway. Read story