by Heidi Overson | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
I wasn’t sure what I was going to post today. My heart said to write about Amara. “Keeping Amara Alive” takes on a different meaning today than it did a year and a half ago. In 2021 and a few years before that, we were fighting to literally keep her...
by Heidi Overson | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog
Well, they cooked, they came and they showed the crowd what they created. Others came to eat and judge the best chili … who could beat Scottie B.? Was it possible? As it turns out, yes. Scott Bjerkos was dethroned. Randy Overson was crowned Chili King for the...
by Heidi Overson | Jan 21, 2023 | Blog, Community Alerts
There’s a demon making its way onto our streets, into our schools and into our homes. It’s killing without mercy–not just the drug users but unsuspecting people who’ve never used a drug before. Fentanyl poisoning is one of the leading causes...
by Heidi Overson | Jan 7, 2023 | Blog
The Dreaded Day Has Arrived Today my daughter, Amara, has been gone from this world for one year. Actually, she died on the 6th of January but wasn’t found and officially proclaimed dead until the 7th. So, I did my heaviest mourning yesterday. My husband and I went...
by Heidi Overson | Jan 2, 2023 | Blog
A Statement to the Community–Eighty-Nine People Have Spoken Eighty-nine people wrote the names of loved ones lost to addiction or accidental overdoses on ornaments and hung them on our foundation’s tree at Rotary Lights in La Crosse, Wisconsin. See the...
