Coping after a disaster: How to help and be helped during recovery phase
How do you talk to someone who lost everything in the fire?
What we took and what we left behind
In the rush to flee the firestorm, many of us were faced with having to quantify and calculate the emotional and actual value of many of our possessions in an incredibly brief period of time. Now, living in an area with some familiarity with natural disasters, many of us knew the basics — ID, important documents, checkbook, medicine, pets — but after that was covered, what did people grab to potentially start a new life with?
Fighting the good fight – on the run
Barbara Recchia, survivor and race founder, continues the cause with Barb’s Tri
Prevention strategies: Healthy lifestyle choices ensure a lifetime of breast health
Knowing the facts about breast cancer empowers a woman to take the necessary steps to detect the disease in its early stages, while encouraging her to make lifestyle changes to reduce the odds of developing the disease in the first place.
Finding hope, support in family: A survivor’s story
Lisa Cadwalader’s story begins with a mammogram. “My cancer was found during a routine mammogram,” Lisa, who is my aunt through marriage, told me. “I am and will always be a proponent of mammograms.”
Moving forward on housing relief
So, sometimes government can move swiftly. I was very heartened to see PermitSonoma meeting last week to discuss efforts to both replace housing in the county, and find ways to create more housing on both a permanent and temporary basis.
Healdsburg students compete in academic competition in Greece
Five seventh graders at The Healdsburg School have made the finals of the World Scholar’s Cup after scoring highly in a round of the academic competition in Athens, Greece.
Gratitude and Giving at Dia de los Muertos, Oct. 29
Corazón Healdsburg and the City of Healdsburg announce a day of community gathering, healing and giving in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster in the area’s history. In the spirit of the traditional Dia de Los Muertos event, a community altar will hold the remembrances of ancestors, friends, relatives and loved ones no longer with us. In the spirit of community, attendees will share in a posole feed. In the spirit of recovery, there will be an outlet for play and creativity for children – all with the backdrop of live music.
HUSD ready to move forward after firestorm
At height of crisis, district was helping community at large
