Meredith Moss

3 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Meredith Moss

As these parents work to remedy their personal issues, supervised visitation at Erma’s House allows the children to maintain a relationship with the parent who is no longer part of their household. Having an ongoing connection has generally been found to be an important factor in a child’s positive adjustment to family dissolution. Erma’s House has been meeting this need in Montgomery County since 1997 and often has a waiting list of families in need of the service.

4 weeks ago | journal-news.com | Meredith Moss

“For us, coming to America was a dream,” said Aoudi, who is from Tunis, the capital and largest city in Tunisia. Her husband, a general in the Tunesian Air Force, had been asked to serve as a liaison officer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. “When we thought about the USA, we thought it was big and nice, a democracy where you could live in security,” she said, adding that she had always assumed it was a journey that only the rich could afford to take.

4 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Meredith Moss

“For us, coming to America was a dream,” said Aoudi, who is from Tunis, the capital and largest city in Tunisia. Her husband, a general in the Tunesian Air Force, had been asked to serve as a liaison officer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. “When we thought about the USA, we thought it was big and nice, a democracy where you could live in security,” she said, adding that she had always assumed it was a journey that only the rich could afford to take.

1 month ago | daytondailynews.com | Meredith Moss

Her classmates can count on Fran and her devilish grin. So can staffers at the Kroc Center — the front desk personnel, groundskeepers, gym employees. As Frances makes her way to and from her class, she tells each of them to “behave,” either before or after they’ve shared a warm hug. “Frances is spunky and is quite the independent lady,” said instructor Karla Brun, who keeps the class entertained with music and laughter as well as physical and mental challenges.

1 month ago | daytondailynews.com | Meredith Moss

“Last year’s Mother’s Day Community Diaper Drive collected almost 12,000 diapers!” said Thomas. " Our goal this year is 18,000 diapers.” According to the National Diaper Bank, one in two families struggle with diaper need. This need forces families to cut back on other essentials. Twenty-eight percent of these families said they skipped meals. A quarter of the families with diaper need had to miss work or school because they did not have adequate diapers to drop their children off at daycare.