Here’s Easterseals Iowa President/CEO Sherri Nielsen talking about the work that they do and how they’ve adjusted to continue their support to persons with special challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ashley Adams and Matt Connolly of NAMI Greater Des Moines talk about their motivational speaker series designed to inspire us every Wednesday for eight weeks at a time when we all could benefit from a new perspective and a little more hope.
Orchard Place CEO Anne Starr spent some time explaining how they are providing health and wellness activities for children and their families during the COVID -19 crisis.
Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), CEO Matt Unger, and his team are laser focused on providing fresh and healthy meals to individuals and families at their food pantries. Hear Matt talk to the STAR crew about the increased need and how DMARC has responded to help more of our neighbors.
Mollie Clark from Perry Lutheran Homes explains how they use the power of music to help their elderly residents and also provide inter-generational care to help elderly and kids.
Leisa Fox from Youth Emergency Shelter & Services (YESS) took some time to share how YESS is dealing with increased need in the era of COVID-19 and how her team of heroes inspires her.
Jaimie Adkins from Mid-Iowa Community Action, (MICA) shares about the rising struggles people are experiencing to get enough to eat and stay healthy due to COVID-19 and what MICA is doing to help them through this.
Dalia Kyi, Interpretation Program at the Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center, explains how Iowa’s first and only refugee-led service provider opens up a new world to refugees new to Iowa, and how they are helping refugees navigate the impact of COVID-19.
EveryStep CEO Tray Wade explains how they have impacted everyone from young moms to older Iowans during the COVID-19 crisis — including establishing the only hospice facility in the state for people with COVID-19.
While many nonprofits were focused on pulling together their response to how to deal with the impact of COVID-19, Central Iowa Shelter & Services was prepared with a plan in the event of a pandemic. The CISS team went right to work to shift how they provide shelter and meals to help the growing number of people without shelter, those unsure where they will get their next meal. CEO Melissa O’Neil talks with our morning crew about what CISS is doing to stand in the gaps to help them gain stability.
