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School district looking to eliminate jobs in proposed fiscal 2026 budget, staff members express anger and frustration

“I worry about what happens to our students when their leaders lose sight of whom they serve," said Du Bois Middle School Spanish teacher Mercedes Girona. “I understand that there are budget cuts, but I feel like there needs to be a little bit more humanity."

Amplifications: Q&A with Dining for Women’s Leslye Heilig

The organization formed in 2002 when retired nurse Marsha Wallace, a mother of four from Greenville, North Carolina, read an article about friends who met for potluck dinners and donated the money that would have been spent on restaurant meals.

WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Mal Wasserman

Her favorite Sunday activity is cooking. Given the weather, soups and stews are obvious choices.

WHAT’S COOKIN’: Leslye Heilig’s chicken soup

Making dinner is not the only culinary activity in Heilig’s life. She and Linda Baxter, a retired nurse midwife, founded a local chapter of Dining for Women, a national organization with chapters all over America.

Hands in Outreach: Sponsoring girls’ education in Nepal

“Nepal felt like a forgotten place, and I could make an impact there, improving the quality of life for marginalized people.” -- Ricky Bernstein

Philanthropic Berkshires: Dining for Women

An international organization, Dining for Women’s motto is “changing the world, one woman, one girl, one dinner at a time.”

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