My mom didn’t understand me when I was growing up. She always thought I was acting out for attention. There was a point in my late teens when I got sent to an institution. My mom always brought me Culvers while I was there to help cheer me up. Several years later she got married and we grew closer then ever. Whenever I spend the weekend at her and my step dads house, she would help me keep calm and also we started watching movies together that I like and she got into it as well. I feel as I got older, we finally started to get along. I have a job in the performing arts, and my mom always comes to the show and we have a tradition to go to Culvers afterwards. I am so glad we made up after around 17 years of not getting along. Mom, I love you and thanks for all that you do.

As Haiti continues to be gripped by gang violence, corruption and extreme poverty, a faith-based organization in Middleton is working to bring hope to one Haitian community. Executive director Tia Bunz and operations director Swenson Blanchard of the Fond Blanc Foundation share how God is working through a school the group supports. They also discuss how you can help their efforts through their upcoming fundraiser, The Rally On the Runway, at Middleton’s Morey Field.