Meeting to explore how to help those who are vulnerable

A meeting on ways to help the vulnerable in Ozaukee County cope with increasing costs for food, housing, utility, health care and transportation will be held from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Niederkorn Library in Port Washington.

The session, hosted by Forward With Hope, will include a program and listening session.

The session will include remarks from a dozen individuals representing state, county and local governments and community organizations as well as information on resources available to help those most in need.

Those attending will include State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin; Family Promise Director of Housing Programs Joana Hemschemeyer; Ozaukee County Community Services Navigator Sarah LaDuke, Port Washington-Saukville School District Student Services Director Brian Sutton, Ozaukee County Supr. Monis Khan; Port Ald. Michael Beaster; St. Vincent De Paul Executive Director Monica Zela-Koort; Ozaukee Food Alliance Executive Director Andrea Acosta; The Food Pantry Inc. Executive Director Marcia Nosko; Pastor Daniel Flucke of Christ the King and Living Hope Lutheran churches; Pastor John Norquist of Faith Lutheran Church in Cedarburg; and Pastor Patti Plough, a faith-based speaker and Wisconsin-based entrepreneur

Registration is not required, although a nonperishable food donation for local food pantries or Family Promise is suggested.

Forward with Hope is a local nonpartisan grassroots group focusing on issues affecting our community.