“If a boat were sinking, Pedro would get everyone off the boat and then clean the thing before it went down,” says Hoppie Campos of Pedro Escamilla. “That’s the kind […]
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Wild Things at Your Child’s School
A nonprofit animal rescue Your classmates may have been wild, but if you grew up in the North State, you probably made it through your entire academic career without so […]
Siskiyou County Arts Council Brings Art to County Families
Art is a lens for seeing differently Siskiyou County Arts Council (SCAC) President Bridgétt Rangel Rexford says the organization defines art as “anything made by a maker. It could be […]
Beverly Belk – A teacher who cares — “What I was put on earth to do”
“A teacher who cares would teach under one of those shade trees if that’s all there were,” Beverly Belk remembers her master teacher saying. Over her 60-year teaching career, Beverly […]
Sam Van Kirk – Delivering Babies, And A Commitment To Serve
Over his 20-year career as an MD/OBGYN, Sam Van Kirk has delivered upwards of four thousand babies at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA. As Sam introduces these little miracles to […]
Steven Bryan – Figuring Out What Individuals Need Most
Steven Bryan describes the Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative (SCRC) as a “space where you can have a millionaire standing next to someone who is homeless.” With branches in Dunsmuir, Montague, […]
Loeta Robles – Transforming Lives With Tooth Fairy Magic
Tooth fairy magic seems to transform lives at 101 Raley Boulevard in Chico, CA. In 1991, 16-year-old Loeta Robles began as an office assistant for the only female dentist in […]
Helping Moms On The Breastfeeding Journey
Debbie Pierce became a lactation consultant before most people knew what a lactation consultant was. After struggling to breastfeed her first baby, Debbie discovered a local branch of La Leche […]
School Counselors in the North State: A Valuable Resource for Kids and Families
How school counselors can improve lives “I hope you don’t know my kid,” parents say jokingly to Michael Bettes, school counselor at North Cottonwood Elementary school in Cottonwood, CA. No […]
Cathy Wyatt – Northern Valley Catholic Social Services Helping North State Families and Individuals
“We all need help at one point or another in our lives,” says Cathy Wyatt, executive director of Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, Inc. (NVCSS). NVCSS helps families and individuals […]
