Meet Kroc Center member, Rachel Olexa. Rachel recently completed her first ultra marathon – that’s 62 miles! Read about her incredible transformation below. ”I am a broken but beautiful creation of God who has chosen to enter the dark spaces in my mind through the discipline of running and exercise. When I emerge, I have […]
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In 2014, at only 30 years old, Charlasa Dean suffered a massive stroke, followed by a heart attack. Doctors weren’t sure if she would live. After a 90-day hospital stay that included a medically-induced coma, they told her mother, Doris, that Charlasa would likely never walk or talk on her own again. All Doris could
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When they learned a big community center was coming to their neighborhood, Harmony and Samantha Clark were a bit nervous. “We were worried it was going to take away our sledding hill!” Harmony said. But as the oldest of seven Clark children, they soon learned not only was their favorite sledding spot safe, but the
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Emma Clevenger started knitting at the Kroc Center a little more than a year ago. Her needles are wooden dowels that she honed with a pencil sharpener; her yarn is made of plastic from grocery bags. Her project is making portable mats for the homeless so they don’t have to sleep on the ground. “I
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