by Checkerboard | Jul 3, 2011 | News, Organizational News
A small group of mental health professionals and other volunteers traveled to Haiti in July 2011 for the purpose of conducting research in addition to working with the children. The research project was undertaken with Dr. Priscilla Dass Brailsford, Georgetown...
by Checkerboard | May 25, 2011 | News, Organizational News
Headwaters Relief Organization volunteers returned to Haiti for a fourth time, from May 2nd through May 4th. The volunteer’s first goal was to deliver computers and printers to “Jaguar’s” orphanage in Port Au Prince. The equipment is intended...
by Checkerboard | May 3, 2011 | News, Organizational News
Dr. Rebecca Hage Thomley received the 2011 “Disaster Relief Hero Award” from the American Red Cross Twin Cities Area Chapter. The award was presented to her as “an individual who exhibited heroic efforts in response to a disaster” for her...
by Checkerboard | May 3, 2011 | News, Organizational News
On May 22, 2011 a tornado struck a residential area in North Minneapolis. The Headwaters volunteers were immediately on hand to help pass out emergency supplies in the distribution center. We helped staff the shelter through the Red Cross. We also assisted with...
by Checkerboard | Apr 25, 2011 | News, Organizational News
An article in The Line Media, by Jeremy Stratton included Headwaters Relief Organization and its ongoing work in Haiti. Headwaters Relief Organization and its ongoing work, most recently in Haiti, was featured in an article in The Line Media, by Jeremy Stratton,...
by Checkerboard | Apr 25, 2011 | News, Organizational News
Rebecca Hage Thomley, our organization’s Chief Executive Officer, was recognized by Finance & Commerce newspaper as a 2011 “Minnesotan on the Move,” at an event sponsored by MidCountry Bank and Finance & Commerce newspaper, on April 7, 2011....