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PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Car repair uplifts grandmother
December 25, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Car repair uplifts grandmother

Even while living with a brain tumor, “Claire” continues to give of herself to others.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Rent assistance helps family keep place to live
December 24, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Rent assistance helps family keep place to live

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them. Having an RV for a home was supposed to be a temporary fix for "Cassie," "Ben" and their three kids, ages 13, 9 and 2.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Small gift gives homeless woman hope
December 23, 2024 1:07 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Small gift gives homeless woman hope

Despite being homeless this Christmas, “Winona” holds onto hope for a better future.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Community turns lights on for single mom
December 22, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Community turns lights on for single mom

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL Place to stay helps cancer patient on his way
December 21, 2024 1:05 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL Place to stay helps cancer patient on his way

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: ‘Miracle’ transformation for man in recovery
December 20, 2024 1:05 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: ‘Miracle’ transformation for man in recovery

After a lifetime of addiction, mental illness and trouble with the law, 46-year-old “Patrick” is walking the long road to recovery. The path is sometimes rocky, but he’s not making the journey alone.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL Glasses help new mom on path to success
December 19, 2024 1:07 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL Glasses help new mom on path to success

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them. Wanderlust felt like a necessity for "Gwyneth," a 35-year-old single mother of a toddler.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: 'Wounded healer' overcomes painful past to serve others
December 18, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: 'Wounded healer' overcomes painful past to serve others

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them. Tragedy and trauma enveloped Shawn Sansaver in the wake of his 16-year-old daughter's death on New Year's Day nearly 18 years ago. Lyndsy Marie Sansaver went to a dance but never made it home. She was killed by a drunk driver. “She was pronounced dead instantly,” Sansaver said in a Youtube video shared by Heritage Health.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Community gift keeps twins safe
December 17, 2024 1:07 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Community gift keeps twins safe

Anyone who has cared for small children knows how fast they can be. Athol couple Megan and Derek Quaid experienced this firsthand in 2020 when they welcomed twins.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: In recovery, single mom ‘grateful to be alive’
December 14, 2024 1:08 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: In recovery, single mom ‘grateful to be alive’

For years, while she was in the throes of addiction to alcohol, Sunnie Helling and her daughters lived with whoever would take them in. That changed after she entered the women’s recovery program at the Union Gospel Mission.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Double the babies, double the need
December 13, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Double the babies, double the need

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Future nurse strives for daughter
December 12, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Future nurse strives for daughter

While working as a phlebotomist, “Julie” often watched the nurses around her and wondered if she could do the same thing.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Single mom breaks cycle of abuse
December 11, 2024 1:07 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Single mom breaks cycle of abuse

Growing up in an abusive household, “Kristen” was raised to believe that she was worthless and unlovable.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Scooter replacement keeps quintuple bypass survivor on the go
December 10, 2024 1:06 a.m.

PRESS CHRISTMAS FOR ALL: Scooter replacement keeps quintuple bypass survivor on the go

As part of the annual Press Christmas for All campaign, we share with readers the stories of those who have received help from the program. This is one of them. Of the hundreds of thousands of people who undergo heart surgery every year, Michael Mills of Coeur d'Alene became among a smaller group of that population in 2009 when he underwent a quintuple bypass operation. "You don't hear about a five-way," he said Monday. "You hear about a single, double, a triple here and there, but you don’t hear about a five-way."