As the 2010 United Way campaign gets underway in our community, the clients and staff at ARC Marion were proud to participate in the campaign kick-off yesterday that was a bit unorthodox.  Instead of the usual meeting of business leaders and agencies over breakfast or lunch with a speaker, announcement of the campaign goal, and [...]

When I was a child, my mother had been caring for my developmentally disabled sister at home for a little over two years and had reached a point she didn’t think she could do it anymore.  Mom cared for my sister the best she could on a daily basis.  She struggled to hold back the [...]