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  • Access to medical care is difficult for the rural uninsured. This clinic comes to them.

    Wyatt Massey

    September 16, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is a mobile health clinic bringing care to uninsured, rural residents in Tennessee. The initiative has reached nearly 250 people since it started, providing care to six different towns once per month. With the costs of health care without insurance being enough to turn people away from seeking it, this clinic provides medical evaluations, medicine, and lab work – all with the hope of rebuilding trust between communities and the healthcare system.

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  • How church volunteers are preparing for the next natural disaster

    Wyatt Massey

    August 27, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Decatur, Alabama

    Rather than wait for disaster to strike, a network of churches across the Southern United States brings volunteers together to pack buckets with the essentials to prepare for families whose homes have been damaged by tornadoes or hurricanes. Though often the supplies run thin in the aftermath of a storm like Hurricane Florence, the church communities manage to get buckets out to those in need much quicker than other networks, who struggle to gather supplies after the storm has hit.

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  • Overcoming the stigma of divorce at a church

    Wyatt Massey

    August 16, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    For many experiencing divorce, a safe place to deal with frustrations and stigma is important. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, religious institutions are stepping in to provide support groups and classes like DivorceCare, which can focus on children, single parenting education, and grief sharing.

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  • How Chattanooga churches are making changes to go green

    Wyatt Massey

    July 22, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Churches in Chattanooga, TN are taking steps to make their spaces more environmentally -friendly and -conscious. Places like St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church are taking on initiatives like motion-detected lighting systems, upgrading faucets to curb usage, and creating raised beds for community gardening. While they’ve made great strides, they’ve also reckoned with the challenge of creating making such unique spaces, with its high ceilings and stained-glass windows, more green.

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  • Locals Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

    Wyatt Massey

    September 24, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    When large-scale hog farms began moving into rural Iowa, many local families were forced to start making decisions about their ways of life, especially concerning their own farms and health. To fight back, the community gathered together to create a covenant. Although small in scale, other communities in the state have reached out in hopes of following their so-far successful approach.

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