Letters to the Editor

BRAVE fundraiser was a success

To the editor:

The overall mission of the BRAVE coalition is to help build and strengthen healthy relationships in Wrangell. The group is reforming after limited activity during the pandemic. We are grateful to all who took part in the rummage sale, our first-ever fundraiser, held Feb. 13.

As a volunteer organization, the purpose is to raise awareness about issues of interpersonal violence,  become trauma-informed, and offer educational programs to prevent injury in the first place.

Enough was donated at the sale to cover the cost of table rental, renew our membership with the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, and still have a little money left over.

More important than the donations was the spirit of unity and collaboration in putting it together.

WAVE (Women Against Violence for Everyone, in Petersburg) sent over 30 boxes and bags of items. Eric Yancey, with Breakaway Adventures, transported everything from Petersburg to Wrangell. The Mormon missionaries and Brian Ashton and kids helped move things into storage, then to the Legion Hall where a seven women and young Kai helped lay things out, sit at the sale or pack leftovers away for sale with another group.

It was fun just sitting together and chatting while the sale was going on, getting to know each other better, and solving a few of the world's problems.

It was a small effort that has already served to lift us up.  

Kay Larson, for BRAVE