Camp Piney Branch is right around the corner. Caroline Chance, a member of the CHEER team who has been teaching for twenty-nine years, is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most challenging public health crises that has devastated and affected our Black and Brown...

I recently caught up with Kelly Umaña, the most recent addition to the CHEER team. Our exchange, which has been edited lightly, is below....

I wanted to learn more about CHEER’s recent asset-mapping efforts. So, I got in touch with Bruce Baker, CHEER’s Executive Director. Our...

I recently got in touch with Karla Castro. She’s a community health worker and a certified application counselor. This interview has been...

A year ago I found myself in the CHEER office for the first and, as a result of the pandemic, only time thus far. I had filled out an...

I recently caught up with Vanesa Pinto; she started working at CHEER in 2014. Our exchange, which has been edited, is below. How has the...

By Anthea Levy This fall, CHEER partnered with Holy Cross Hospital and offered the “Road to Health” fitness and nutrition class to...

Vaccines. Hope. Happiness. Potential. My dear parents are getting vaccinated in Dallas in a few days and I could not be more excited....

I recently got in touch with Mary Jacksteit, the President of CHEER’s board. Our conversation, which has been edited lightly, is below....

I recently reached out to Kathy Porter, a member of CHEER’s board. Our exchange, which has been edited lightly, is below. When and why...

2020 has been an extremely difficult year. COVID-19 has hit Long Branch particularly hard. Thankfully, many community members have...

CHEER became a sociocracy in 2019. “A sociocratic organization can be organized very differently than a traditional organization,” notes...

I first connected with CHEER in February of this year; I submitted a brief volunteer application online. Some months before that I meet...

We can restart from the pandemic to create a more equitable community. The COVID-19 pandemic and all the economic and social turbulence...

The coronavirus crisis continues. The virus is still working its way through our community. People are still getting sick and some are...