A former Big Brother contestant and artist is spearheading a series of fitness events to raise awareness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pauline Bennett, who appeared on series 15 of the show in 2014, has been putting on a series of free fitness classes at gyms across her home city of Wolverhampton and the surrounding…
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Where the heart is: When charities got hit by COVID, one OKC building company stepped up
Charities were hit hard by COVID-19. In OKC, Homes By Taber is taking up some of the slack by giving to nonprofits with each home it sells. Home is where the heart is, they say, and homes are where the hearts are for Oklahoma City builder Homes By Taber. Charity fundraising has taken a hit because…
Compassionate Caravan working to get city’s homeless out of the cold
One Lexington organization is going out into the cold tonight to help get others out of it. Volunteers with the Catholic Action Center are hitting the streets.”They can’t stay in one spot too long ’cause then somebody finds them there. They’ll beat them up, rob them, so they’re always on the move,” Thomas Caudill said….
Catholic Charities helps people who’ve been jailed rebuild lives
Catholic Charities is helping people rebuild their lives after they’ve been incarcerated. “It changes your life — truly,” said Nancy Rose, who was behind bars in 2013.Rose said she lost more than just her freedom. “My son was placed in state custody because of my actions of messing with narcotics,” Rose said.When she was released four months…