OAKHURST–Join Helping One Woman (HOW) Oakhurst in honoring November recipient Kelli Montgomery. Long-time local Kelli Montgomery moved to the mountain community in 1996 with her grandparents. She graduated from Yosemite High School in 2003 and attended Oakhurst Community College for two years. Kelli’s Story In July of this year, Kelli’s doctor found a diabetic ulcer on her big toe. By ...
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August HOW Dinner Honors Michaela Engelman
AHWAHNEE — Join friends and neighbors at the Hitching Post on Wednesday, Aug. 21 as the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) honors Michaela Engelman. The event begins at 6 p.m. and you’ll be greeted at the door for sign-in. Your reservation will secure a seat for your meal and tables will be shared as the community gathers to support ...
Read More »Helping One Woman Honors Nancy Hamilton
AHWAHNEE — Join friends and neighbors at The Hitching Post on Wednesday, June 19, as the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) honors Nancy Hamilton. The event begins at 6 p.m. and you’ll be greeted at the door for sign-in. Your reservation will secure a seat for your meal and tables will be shared as the community gathers to support ...
Read More »Helping One Woman Honors Kim Andrews
AHWAHNEE — Join friends and neighbors at The Hitchin’ Post on Wednesday, May 15, as the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) honors Kim Andrews. The event begins at 6 p.m. and you’ll be greeted at the door for sign-in. Your reservation will secure a seat for your meal and tables will be shared as the community gathers to support ...
Read More »HOW Dinner Honors Lisa Lewis
AHWAHNEE — Join with friends and neighbors for a gathering at The Hitchin’ Post on Wednesday, Apr. 17, as the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) honors Coarsegold resident Lisa Lewis and her family. The event begins at 6 p.m. “Meet Lisa Lewis and her daughter Hannah,” say Lisa’s HOW sponsor, Tricia Hunter Anderson. “Hannah was born with spina bifida. ...
Read More »She’s An Awesome Kid: Healing Hannah Lewis
COARSEGOLD — Like many of our children growing up in the mountains, Hannah Lewis loves her dog. He’s a blue-nosed brindle pit the family named Kenpo, after the Japanese martial arts. It’s no wonder they’re mutually devoted — she’s had Kenpo since he was six weeks old; he is seven years old now. Hannah’s almost 16. She likes music, and ...
Read More »February HOW Dinner Honors Yvonne Boiteax
OAKHURST — The nonprofit organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will gather friends and neighbors to honor Yvonne Boiteux at The Hitching Post in Ahwahnee, starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Yvonne, 32, has lived in North Fork since 1991, graduating from Sierra High School and working at Starbucks for many years. Currently, she works at The Forks and ...
Read More »Helping One Woman (HOW) Dinner Honors Tina Sexton
OAKHURST — The nonprofit Helping One Woman (HOW) will gather for the first time in the new year to honor Tina Sexton at Plazuelas Mexican Restaurant in Oakhurst, starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Tina is a hard-working, vibrant mom of six, with two of her children married and four still at home, say HOW organizers. She was ...
Read More »HOW Dinner Honors Marie Elizabeth Wynne
AHWAHNEE — A special fundraising dinner hosted by the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) will be held in honor of Marie Elizabeth Wynne on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at The Hitching Post in Ahwahnee, starting at 6 p.m. “Marie moved to the mountain community [in] December of 1985 from Wisconsin,” say HOW organizers. “She worked for Community Hospital Home Health ...
Read More »October HOW Dinner Honors Cheryce Chartier
OAKHURST — Ever the champion of other peoples’ causes, local business owner Cheryce Chartier is “well-known and much loved in the Oakhurst area,” say HOW organizers. “Since she moved here in 2000 Cheryce has been actively involved in the community, raising her daughters here, and working at places such as Curves and Pak & Page.” In 2014, Cheryce and husband Carl Chartier ...
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