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....
by Checkerboard | Apr 25, 2011 | News, Organizational News
Headwaters Relief Organization sent a group of eight volunteers to the Fargo / Moorhead area on April 7th, in response to the threat of Red River flooding in the region. While there, the volunteers worked on the sandbagging efforts. Patty Smith, Program Director with...
by Checkerboard | Mar 3, 2011 | News, Organizational News
Rebecca Hage Thomley and her work through Headwaters Relief Organization, in New Orleans, the Midwest and Haiti was featured on Phil Bolsta’s blog at bolstablog.wordpress.com. In the article, Rebecca discusses her commitment to serving others, because it is...
by Checkerboard | Feb 3, 2011 | News, Organizational News
On February 25, 2011, a group of eleven Headwaters Relief Organization volunteers embarked on a third, week long, trip to Haiti. They arrived in Port Au Prince and stayed in Montrouis, Haiti, located an hour and half outside of the capital. “Johnny’s” orphanage was...
by Checkerboard | Oct 3, 2010 | News
It is Orion Associates’ and our associated companies’ goal is to be an organization that cares about its employees and provides them with the best work environment possible. One effort we’ve made to achieve the goal of being the best employer we can...
by Checkerboard | Sep 3, 2010 | News
Fourteen Headwaters Relief Organization volunteers traveled to Haiti from September 18 to 24, 2010. Over half of the volunteers had participated in Headwaters’ first trip to Haiti in July. The volunteers continued their work with children in four orphanages that...
by Checkerboard | Sep 3, 2010 | News
Headwaters Relief Organization sent nineteen volunteers, on three separate trips, to southeastern Minnesota, in response to the flooding of the Zumbro River in the Oronoco, Minnesota area, on September 29th, October 1st and October 7th. On September 29th, the first...
by Checkerboard | Aug 3, 2010 | News
Headwaters Relief Organization was featured in a Twin Cities’ Channel 12 (http://www.twelve.tv/) news story, recognizing the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and describing Headwaters’ ongoing work in New Orleans and the region. Hurricane Katrina was...
