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It was wonderful to hear from Christina Riggs, Director of the La Pine Community Kitchen and Richard Berg, President of the Congregation for Nativity Lutheran Church in Bend speaking about the real issues and challenges facing people who are homeless or facing homelessness in Central Oregon. The Bethlehem Inn is also an excellent hands on organization in our area. Task forces, meetings, work plans, etc are a great way to keep people in poverty at arms length and think you are doing something about the problem. Congratulations to the organizations who are directly touching peoples lives.

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