Maxfield Elementary School fifth-grader has a vision for the future and sees others in need. 10-year-old Kamaya Weldon wakes up to yet another day of Zoom calls to meet with her 5th grade classmates. Although she can’t see her friends and teacher in person, she is thankful to at least be able to see their smiling faces from her iPad every morning. Her two younger sisters run full speed into her bedroom, and prepare to jump on Weldon’s bed to get her up for the day. “My family brings me happy e

Communities in need gather despite the challenges of the pandemic- with a spooky twist. The evening of October 31, 2020, members of the Frogtown community gathered outside at the Minnehaha Recreation Center for a Drive-Thru Trick or Trunk event. The air was crisp but that did not stop people from joining in on the fun. Halloween was a fitting time for masks to be worn- but instead of the traditional Spiderman masks or Scooby-Doo, families wore face coverings to keep each other safe. The Trick o

Senior year of high school. Kiersti Phenow walks out of her last class of her grade school career, glances down at her black, dirt-stained Converse and stops. “I have no idea what I am going to do next,” she thought. This is a story about a young girl who wanted to do anything except follow the norm. A girl who found herself in an unexpected way, which happened to be in another country. “I was extremely depressed my senior year, and was not ready to go to college,” Phenow explained. She was

As men and women, the roles we play in our lives change as we enter into different situations and build relationships with people. Men and women traditionally have taken on different roles, especially within the context of marriage and then a step further — a family unit and when raising children.