Hugo Food Shelf Offers Free Job Prep Seminar
The Hugo Community Food Shelf is a helping place for people who need a little extra assistance during an unexpected personal economic crisis. After picking up their food allotment, many clients stay and chat with the volunteer staff.
Food Shelf Director Kim Corbett says that staff members have been hearing more and more about how hard it is for food shelf clients, or people those clients know, to find jobs.
In response, three Food Shelf volunteers - Kris Emerson, Paula Romero, and Corbett - brain-stormed about how best to help those who are struggling to find work.
... MoreStay-At-Home-Moms? Well, Not So Much
MOMS Club Offers Support, Builds Friendships - And Gets Moms Moving
Two years ago, Jenny Ebel's husband left for Iraq. So Ebel and her two kids, Cameron and Faith, now 7 and 4, went to the park.
When they arrived, they found more moms and their children gathering and playing together for "Park Day," one of many events sponsored by the Lino Lakes MOMS Club.
"It's a good support network for stay-at-home moms; it keeps us busy," Ebel, a Lino Lakes resident, said. "Since my husband left, it's so nice to have extra support.
It's hard to do it all alone. They all help me in so many ways - with things like chores and raking."
Experience Summer At The Farmers' Market
Summer to me just wouldn't be the same without frequent trips to one of our local farmers' markets, and judging from the crowds - many local residents feel the same way. Nowhere else can you find such an abundance and variety of seasonal produce, all fresh, local and overwhelmingly appetizing.
Open-air markets have been around for centuries, and are popular now even though we can buy so much fresh produce at the local supermarket. It's no wonder - many consumers today know a good deal when they see one, and farmers' markets are a good deal all round.
