Making an impact on lives is not easy to do, especially when dealing with adolescents and adults suffering from addiction who tend to not like someone constantly staying on them about getting clean and sober. As a drug counselor and ear to those who have been or currently are knee-deep in addiction, Jared Sloan, counselor with the Community Drug Coalition …

Jimmy Brown never bought $1,000 in groceries before. And in his first opportunity, he instead chose to give it to someone else. “I don’t need a $1,000 in groceries,” he said. “So I donated it to Isaiah’s Kitchen.” So, early Saturday morning Renee Madron, executive director of the Isaiah’s Kitchen food bank, arrived at Albertson’s with a shopping list. The …