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It all started after Sydney Dickson’s car broke down on Highway 20, on the way back from work in Tumalo. While waiting for a tow truck, Dickson and her boyfriend Jamison Cook decided to fill their time by picking up trash on the side of the road. “We were hanging out on Highway 20, didn’t […]
Picture it: You and a buddy take off for a late afternoon snowmobile session, get a bit off trail and end up in the City of Bend’s watershed. You’re tired of shoveling snow, only to get stuck again and again. Your cell phone battery is running low and the weather is starting to dip into […]
Volunteering or giving back to the community can feel good—but involves enough barriers that for a lot of people, it doesn’t happen very often. Rys Fairbrother is trying to make the process easier for people Central Oregon through his organization, What If We Could. His one-man operation partners with nonprofits in Central Oregon to help […]
On the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, volunteers at the Bend United Methodist Church came together to make valentines for wounded veterans at the VA Hospital in White City. “My company gave me and other employees nationwide a half day to volunteer at the nonprofit of our choice today,” says Ashley Fowler, who […]
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