NAMI meeting Wednesday

SANDPOINT — The community is invited to attend the NAMI Far North general meeting on Wednesday, which will feature Jon and Cathy Pomeroy of Sandpoint.

Jon Pomeroy is the pastor of Sandpoint Church of God, and the couple will detail the Helping Hands Healing Hearts program, which grew out of a ministry called Love, INC. in 2017. It is a joint ministry of 12 area churches that now serves 579 clients and their families.

Helping Hands provides food, toiletries, clothing, shoes, linens, kitchen/housewares, and furniture to those in need in our community. It also provide gas vouchers and phone cards, and partner with three other churches to help with rent and utilities.

The Healing Hearts part of the program provides in-house counseling and mentoring through classes that include budgeting, resume writing, spiritual mentoring and marriage enrichment.

All are welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the VFW Post 2453 building, 1325 Pine St., Sandpoint.