Carson's Cause
By Lori SorensonMarch 27, 2024threw pies at high school students Friday morning in Beaver Creek after winning a “penny wars” fundraiser $459.68 to $314.47. The penny challenge followed H-BC High School’s suicide awareness campaign observing World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. They sold T-shirts with the message, “The world is a better place with you in it,” and those proceeds, combined with penny wars competition,…
By Lori Sorenson, editorMarch 27, 2024Friday started cold and gray, but inside the elementary school gymnasium in Beaver Creek, the atmosphere was bright and festive. It was Pie Day (not the math day for pi), the day Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary kids could throw pies at the H-BC High School kids. It was a long-awaited and highly anticipated event following a weekslong Penny War between student councils — the littles vs. the teens…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 28, 2024Hills Beaver Creek High School students are wrapping up a monthlong campaign to raise awareness of teen brain health ahead of World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. Student council members took the lead on the effort that included T-shirts, fundraising, district-wide communication and a halftime message at the Feb. 26 home basketball game. “We wanted to promote mental health and recognize…
By Lori SorensonNovember 08, 2023A two-person acting team from the Twin Cities’ CLIMB Theatre spent most of last week in Luverne Elementary School teaching students how to talk about brain health. CLIMB (Creative Learning Ideas for the Mind and Body) has a long history in Luverne and districts statewide teaching life skills, such as empathy, resiliency, advocacy and more. Actors and actresses were among the first in Luverne…
November 01, 2023A team of Rock County hikers traveled the Grand Canyon from the north rim to the south rim in a single day Oct. 20 to raise money for local brain health. Dave Duffy, Luverne, has hiked the canyon nearly a dozen times and offered to lead a group for Carson’s Cause. “It’s all about challenging yourself for a great cause and a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” he said in January. “This is a pretty…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterMay 23, 2023I have a good friend and co-worker who’s hurting. You’d never know there’s something wrong or amiss about Lori as she continues to handle editor duties without missing an issue. Except I see the occasional cracks in her strong facade and the forced smiles of someone who’s grieving. It breaks my heart because I wish I could do more to ease her pain. When Lori decided to take a little time off this…
By Lori Sorenson, editorMarch 28, 2023It’s been said that for every tragedy there is a miracle to make up for it somewhere else. I don’t know who says this or if it actually happens, but I hope it’s true. Sometimes in grief after tragedy, hope is all we have. … Well, that and prayer. Lots of prayer. … By lots of good people who have been very good to us. In the days and months following the Sept. 13, 2022, death of our Carson, many…
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