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Vol. 18, No. 49
August 24, 2022
Support pg. 8
ANNABELLE GUNDERSON / VALLEY JOURNAL
Fundraiser pg. 14
Day of Hope makes back to school easy By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
Equine pg. 16
POLSON — The annual back to school block party and health fair, Day of Hope, returned to Polson last weekend, this time with the addition of an entire semitruck load of goods to give away. A combined effort by numerous organizations and nonprofits throughout the valley, including the New Life Church, Tribal Health and county-wide
emergency responders, the Day of Hope began as an annual event back in 2019. “It’s kind of like a health fair and a block party meeting each other,” Pastor Jason Burrough explained. “That’s the goal.” This year looked a little different than previous events for a couple of reasons. While Tribal Health still held free health screenings, Lake County Health Department conducted car seat safety checks while
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local churches and nonprofits gave away shoes, backpacks and other school supplies to make back to school easier for kids and parents alike. A major new addition was the semitruck sent with a load of goods, free of charge, by Convoy of Hope in Springfield, Missouri. An organization with the Assemblies of God, to which New Life Church belongs, has reach across the world. With that, it has both a disaster
response wing, which allows them to send resources to natural disasters throughout the U.S., as well as rural compassion events. “Being here on the reservation and different fires and things that’ve happened … I just put a call in, and they said they’d be glad to,” Burrough said. The process began several months ago, but as firefighters deal with numerous blazes
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