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   The board of Faith In Action for Cass County would like to share with you that our Executive Director, Theresa Eclov, will be retiring at the end of May 2025.

   Theresa has been steering Faith In Action for more than 17 years and has been instrumental in growing the services necessary to serve the needs of our communities and in seeking and receiving Federal and State grant monies necessary to support a growing organization. 

   Providing services such as meal deliveries, rides to medical appointments and minor home repairs and ramps, is possible through the generosity of the volunteers in our communities, “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”.

   Faith In Action is well known in Cass County due to Theresa‘s networking and outreach in our communities. While Theresa will be missed, we have every confidence in the staff to continue the powerful work necessary to continue to meet the ever-growing needs of Cass County.  

   The Board would also like to share that Jamie Wolske will be resigning from Faith in Action. Jamie has been an enthusiastic, integral and efficient part of FIA for seven years.  If you are a volunteer or a client with FIA you know Jamie very well and witnessed how well she did her job. Jamie became a friend to all she interacted with and was able to keep the volunteers busy and clients happy with the services she orchestrated. Jamie’s work with Fundraising activities was incredible. She will be missed.

   Faith in Action’s Board would like to invite you to an Open House to celebrate Theresa and Jamie’s departure. We would like to celebrate the success they brought to FIA over the years.

Celebration of Theresa and Jamie

What: Open House at FIA Office

When:  May 29, 2025 at 2:00-4:00 pm Thursday

Where:  Faith in Action Office, 116 First St. S., Hackensack

   We are so grateful for all that Theresa and Jamie have done to grow Faith In Action and help us keep Cass County residents living independently in their homes. 

   Our best wishes go with Theresa and her husband Jon as they embark on retirement and all the adventures they will enjoy. We want to thank Jamie for her dedication to FIA and all she has given through the years.

   FIA Board Members-

Chair Craig Wadzink, Dale Probasco, Marty Cook, Roxy Moon, Don Hoppe, Margie Richardson, Katy Chase, Doug Wardell, Jeannie Blomme

   “ Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which has the potential to turn a life around.”

Leo Buscaglia

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