During the holiday season, WDIO and HOM Furniture join in support of the Trees of Hope campaign. WDIO News features stories on four organizations to help spread awareness to their cause. We will have a phone bank during our evening newscasts on Tuesday to help raise funds for the charity of the week. Donations can be made all week long.
The four charities that WDIO and HOM will showcase are Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance from November 22-28; Human Development Center from November 29 – December 5; Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge, December 6-12;
and Safe Haven on December 13-19.
Established in 1938, the Human Development Center is the largest mental health and recovery services provider in the Northland. The non-profit supports people experiencing mental health challenges. HDC provides comprehensive integrated mental health and addiction services to people of all ages across Carlton, Lake, and St. Louis counties in Minnesota and Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Trees of Hope and HDC: Project Reach Out helping teen runaways
The Human Development Center offers a unique program called Project Reach Out. It a support network to help runaway teens reconnect with their families.
The Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance offers support to women and families impacted by ovarian cancer. MOCA funds research, educates the medical community and raises awareness about the disease. Symptoms of ovarian cancer are often very subtle and easily mistaken for more common problems. For the majority of women, symptoms don’t show up until the cancer has advanced.
Trees of Hope and MOCA: Survivors stick together
The Fun Posse is a group of ovarian cancer survivors who meet and support one another on their journeys.
Trees of Hope and MOCA: Lorrie’s story
Lorrie Fox has survived ovarian cancer for 20 years, and shares her story to inspire other women to keep fighting on.
Trees of Hope and MOCA: Koren’s story
A sophomore at Duluth Denfeld shares how her life is going now that she’s beaten a rare form of ovarian cancer.
Trees of Hope and MOCA: Debbie’s story
A Wrenshall woman continues to help women advocate for their health, after she survived a rare kind of ovarian cancer.