Photos by Rod Jones

Sequoyah Elementary music teacher Sarah Grote gets her Suzuki Violin kindergarten virtuosos lined up for their performance. 

Photo by Rod Jones
Sue Lampton of the City Rescue Mission stands in the room that the shelter hopes to convert into additional sleeping space. The mission is raising money to purchase more bedding and to renovate what is now a maintenance storage room.

By Rod Jones

Sleeping on the ground can get old. Converting a room from a chapel to sleeping quarters every day isn’t ideal, either.
But when the client base gets larger than the facility, what else can they do?

Photo by Patrick McGuigan
Students from Norman’s Monroe Elementary School made a special dance and musical presentation at Sunday’s Holocaust Remembrance program. Their teacher, Cindy Scarberry, looks on and directs musicians as the children perform in the Tolbert Theatre at Stage Center. See page 7 for more photos of the program.

Photo by Rod Jones
Antoinette Hysmith-Sanders, executive director for the local Salvation Army social services division, stands next to shelves in the organization's food pantry. The Salvation Army is requesting more food donations, as demand is on the rise because of a few key financial conditions like the rising price of gasoline.

By Rod Jones

While the current combination of financial conditions has hurt most Americans, perhaps the most visible affects are seen in the charities working to help the direst group of the population.