Giving Back

Angel of Hope Memorial statue

Angel of Hope Memorial Coming to Woodbury. The Angel of Hope Memorial provides a space for parents to honor their lost children.

May 7, 8 and 9: a weekend circled on many calendars in Woodbury. The fishing opener? Yes. Mother’s Day? Yes.

Gordie Bailey, chair of the board for Bailey Nurseries, headquartered in Newport, has always had a strong drive to give back. This February, it’s bringing him as far as northern Tanzania, where he will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise money for a girls’ school in Kenya.

From left: Miss Woodbury Princess Megan Wolf, Little Miss Woodbury Princess Sammy Ogle, Miss Woodbury Lynnae Boe, Little Miss Woodbury Isabelle Fournier, Woodbury Senior Queen Karen Malone, Little Miss Woodbury Princess Faith Fogarty and Miss Woodbury Princess Maureen Oien.

It’s hard to imagine a royal family resides in a community like Woodbury, but alas it’s true.

Photographers Kirk Duit and Laurie Pease Johnson of Kirk Portrait Designs in Woodbury offer their time and talent as official photographers for Tribute to

The chamber ambassadors hosted an April 3 ribbon-cutting at Magical Minds Childcare and Learning Center.

When Magical Minds Childcare and Learning Center opened this spring in Woodbury, Matt Johnson was there to officially welcome the center to town, with
an oversized scissors and a shiny green ribbon. Johnson is one of 30 Chamber of

Bob McEnaney has logged many miles on the seat of his bike. He did his first triathlon after graduating from college in 1981, and hasn’t looked back. But this month, McEnaney will tackle the toughest endurance event of his career.

Michael and Amy Lindahl spend some time with some local children as they help deliver fresh water with Healing Haiti.

In 2008, Michael Lindahl kissed his wife and six kids goodbye and boarded a plane to Haiti. The Woodbury dentist was traveling to Titanyen, a rural hillside town about 25 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince, with his friend and fellow Bible study member, Jeff Gacek.

Now in its 18th year, the Gala and Auction (set for April 5) is New Life Academy’s largest fundraising event.

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