Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Charity Fund to support the remodel project of its new Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank building. MADF’s Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank strives to end food insecurity across Pierce County for people across all walks of life. It does [...]
Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $5,640 from Skookum Contract Services’ Community Support for its Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank remodel project. MADF’s Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank focuses on alleviating food insecurity in Pierce County. People experiencing hunger can visit and receive up to 100 [...]
For most places, November kicks off the holiday season with Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas and New Year’s Day, ending with the start of our new calendar cycle. For many in the United States and cross the world, they come from Christian beliefs and it is common to celebrate Christmas. In the US, about 70% [...]
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Both 2020 and 2021 were pretty tough years with so many of us facing challenges we never faced before the pandemic. Challenges such as loss social connection and activities, jobs, income, and loved ones. Sometimes it seems as if everything in the world has gone a little crazy. These experiences have tested the limits [...]
Regardless of which branch of service, or which job one held, all veterans are heroes! Without the selfless dedication, service, and sacrifice made by each military member (and their families), it’s hard to say where our country would be right now. The brave men and women who have served in the past gave so much [...]
Like any type of cancer, breast cancer doesn’t discriminate and affects women from all walks of life and all genetics, races, and cultures. However, while it doesn’t discriminate, it does disproportionately affect some more than others. This is not just in the diagnosis rates or genetic causes of breast cancer as it relates to race, [...]
Breast cancer has touched the lives of millions of people…whether directly or by loving someone who has been affected by it. In 2020, more than 2.3 million women received a breast cancer diagnosis worldwide with another 685,000 dying from it. (Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Breast Cancer Statistics and Resources, 2020) October is breast cancer awareness [...]
Cancer is a very hard diagnosis and disease to deal with. Not only can it be life threatening, but it leaves a huge emotional and mental burden. Breast cancer patients are faced with a special kind of emotional challenge. For most women, their breasts are a key symbol of their motherhood and womanhood. To potentially [...]