An $80,000 Kaiser Permanente grant will provide mental health counseling and other support to those in Fresno's Hmong community affected by November’s mass shooting that killed four people. Listen to this article: The grant to The Fresno Center’s Mass Shooting Victims Support Program will provide additional hours for mental...
Abhorred by Domestic Violence Surge? Donate to Marjaree Mason.
(Editor's Note: This is an updated version of Bill McEwen's Jan. 10, 2019, column on the financial challenges facing the Marjaree Mason Center.) Domestic violence again is sending tremors through our community. A day after she obtained a restraining order against the father of their 1-year-old daughter, a Fresno woman...
Feds Create Hole in Marjaree Mason Budget. It's Up to Us to Fill It.
The first rule of government should be one that's in the Hippocratic Oath: "First, do no harm." I say that because the Marjaree Mason Center — one of Fresno's best-known and most-needed nonprofits — is dealing with the fallout of the federal government's effort to help the homeless. Center Lost $224,000...
5,000 Lives Transformed By Fresno Scottish Rite
One of the great joys of doing the 12 Days of Philanthropy project is discovering some of the wonderful things happening in Fresno. The Fresno Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Center is one of them. Acting on a tip from my editor, I discovered this remarkable effort to help kids who struggle to...