All about RuFES

What is RuFES? RuFES is Rural Family Economic Success. Mossyrock was chosen along with 6 other communities state-wide to participate in a three day action-institute sponsored by the Annie E Casey Foundation AND THE Northwest Area Foundation. This action institute offered intensive training in how to bring family Economic Success to our community. The Mossyrock Team included Mossyrock Area Action League board members Glenn Aldrich and Wilma Sofranko, Mossyrock PD Officer Rebecca Sutherland, Tammy Mocan, Branch manager of Sterling Savings in Morton, Donna Wilson, board member Mossyrock School District, and Dick Larman, Executive Director of the Lewis County Economic Development Council. This team, along with other volunteers, will work on two projects over the next four months that will address increasing economic success for our families. Since reliable transportation was identified as a need we will conduct a survey that will allow our community to voice their concerns and possible solutions to creating reliable transportation to jobs and education opportunities. The second project will be a day long entrepreneurship workshop scheduled for early March. Look for regular updates and details on these important projects. If you are interested in volunteering or have input on these or other economic development issues in our area we would love to hear from you. Please contact Wilma at venusrising@tds.net. Please put RuFES in the subject heading.