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Therapy Dog Helps Kids
Refuge received a puppy as a donation to be used as their new therapy dog. The Double Doodle puppy named Ellie Mae joined their team this summer on June 14th. “Children don’t process like adults do in therapy sessions; we observe their behaviors more through their artwork and how they play, now that Ellie Mae…
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Refuge Receives Last Donation
The Alton Exchange Club members wrote their last check to a local nonprofit at their final meeting. After serving the Alton area, they finally decided it was time to shut down their doors. For their final meeting, the group invited Erin Bickle, Executive Director of the local nonprofit, Refuge to speak and handed her a…
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Kids Helping Kids, One Bear at a Time
First Christian Church of Wood River held their annual Vacation Bible School and made something special for kids in the community. The children that attended the VBS made a craft that they didn’t take home, instead, they made them for other children. They made more than 80 G.U.T.S.Y. Bears (God’s Unique, Talented, Special You). “I…
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Bringing Leaders Together
The Roxana Church of The Nazarene is hosting, The Global Leadership Summit 2017 at their church for the first time. This summit is being broadcasted live from Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago onto a big screen inside the Roxana host site. The theme is, “Everyone has Influence,” and it’ll talk about how improving your…
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Scholarship Honors Grace Skief
Riverbend Family Ministries grants the Grace Skief Memorial Volunteer Scholarship Riverbend Family Ministries (RFM) board members presented this year’s winners for the Grace Skief Memorial Volunteer Scholarship. Both recipients graduated on the National Honor Society list, Lauren Robinson graduated from East Alton-Wood River High School and Elizabeth Hanke graduated from Alton High School. The scholarship…
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Wood River Police Association Donates to RFM
The Wood River Police Association hosted their 11th annual trivia fundraiser event which benefits many organizations, schools, community events and families. This year’s event, they played a 50/50 type game to raise money for Officer Blake Snyder. Wood River Dispatcher and Police Association President, Rick Militello said that the Snyder family asked them to donate…
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Please Excuse the Mess!
We’re doing more than spring cleaning this week at our Wood River location. For the first time since opening our doors in 2007, we are knocking down walls, making room for our ever-growing services. “When we first found this building ten ye ars ago, it used to be the Wood River firehouse and we just…
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Volunteers Keep the Wheels Turning at Riverbend Family Ministries
When you walk in the doors you will be met by the best volunteers in Madison County.
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Riverbend Family Ministries Receives Madison County’s Model Leadership Through Service Award
Madison County officials honored Riverbend Family Ministries (RFM) with the Model Leadership Through Service Award in the Organization category.
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Riverbend Family Ministries Hires New Community Content Director
We are so blessed to introduce our newest family member, Shannon Plummer. She has joined our team as the Community Content Director. This is a brand new position that will focus on marketing, media relations, website content and brand awareness. “We are thrilled to have her join our team as we expand services and locations throughout…
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