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Wednesday, January 13, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SHE PROJECT: Fundraiser features 52 inspiring art pieces Continued from page 1 and Good Day Café. Twenty- five of the 52 items in this year9s show were sold, as of last Friday. <This year9s show is dif- ferent, with COVID, but supporters have come in to enjoy the show. There are two raffle items, one being a beautiful Susie Zeitner piece,= Thomas said. <It will be up for the month of January and my goal is for it to inspire, and for people to enjoy the work that local art- ists have participated in.= No doubt, SHE will raise her feminine mystique again in 2022. Saving Grace operates a 24-hour helpline, emer- gency shelter, and Mary9s Place, a center for supervised visitation and exchange. Additional services include support groups, emergency transportation, court advo- cacy, respite and child care, professional training, pro- grams for children exposed to domestic violence, com- munity education, therapy, individual crisis counsel- ing, hospital response, information and referral to social services, youth vio- lence prevention and public awareness. The need for services dur- ing the pandemic is greater than ever, said Shannon Ries, the development direc- tor for Saving Grace. <People being housed together without any place to go has really intensified domestic violence in the home,= she said. <We are seeing a lot more people needing resources. Part of that is a need for housing, which is not surprising in Central Oregon. When you are fleeing a violent situa- tion, it9s hard to know where to go next. You have your bags and maybe a kiddo, and you don9t know where to turn. <Our goal, as we grapple with what we9re seeing, is to continue educational out- reach to the community,= Ries said. <There is such a stigma to this kind of vio- lence. People just close their eyes, turn their heads, and don9t want to get involved.= But thanks to additional funding, <you9ll be seeing SUDOKU SOLUTION for puzzle on page 21 We are the only organization of our kind in all of Central Oregon, and yet we also see people from as far away as Eugene and Klamath Falls. We don’t turn anybody away. — Shannon Ries, Saving Grace more information about what partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking looks like, how you can escape it, and how to take the veil off of it.= Thanks to COVID funding, they9ve donated $180,000 in services to sur- vivors since March, accord- ing to Ries. <We are the only organi- zation of our kind in all of Central Oregon, and yet we also see people from as far away as Eugene and Klamath Falls,= she said. <We don9t turn anybody away.= Saving Grace is available to women in Sisters as well as elsewhere. Pine Mountain Sports in Bend, which rents out- door sports equipment, raised more than $60,000 for Saving Grace, <an incredible blessing,= said Ries. Also last year, entre- preneurs Aaron Switzer of Central Oregon Gives, and Rys Fairbrother of What If We Could, joined forces to create an online giving pro- gram that raised hundreds of thousands for local non- profits. Saving Grace raised $160,000, the most of any of the organizations, for which they received an additional $15,000. <Were just going for whatever we can and we9ve really been blessed this year,= Ries said. If you need the kind of help that Saving Grace pro- vides, call their 24-hour help line at 541-389- 7021. Visit the website at www.saving-grace.org. PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING “Her Gifted Spirit,” a raffle item donated by Sisters Artist Susie Zeitner. Have a story idea for The Nugget? We’d love to hear it! Send an email to editor@nuggetnews.com ! OW List E E a R r K ly NO .. W .S W E H L E L N Y N OUR BUYER IS LOOKING! YOU NEV “We chose Ross to assist us in both selling our home and buying a new one. He made the process very smooth and painless! Ross took the time to assess our needs and always had our best interest in mind. We highly recommend using Ross as a Realtor! He made this process enjoyable and easy.” — Rich & Beth Hummel Ross Kennedy Principal Broker Loan Originator NMLS #1612019 541-408-1343 Serving Black k Butte Ranch h & The h Greater Sisters Area 23 PHOTO PROVIDED Robyn Holdman, C4C board president; Gabriel Cobos, Sisters School District community liason; and Wendy Birnbaum, C4C liaison to the Latino community receive the big check from Ivette Tijerino, community and philanthropy advocate for St. Charles Health System. GRANT: C4C is using funds for Spanish translation services Continued from page 3 the goals addressed by this grant, C4C hosted a <Giving Tuesday= campaign in December to establish a ded- icated fund for local inter- pretation/translation services as they help Sisters acquire new tools and resources to eliminate local language barriers. Through the St. Charles Foundation, St. Charles Health System works with the community to develop and steward philanthropic resources to fund programs and capital projects that improve health, prevent dis- ease, enhance quality of life and provide the highest qual- ity care possible for all St. Charles patients now and in the future.