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Thomas Ouellette
Andrea Baker is the executive director of Operation Love Ministries in Anderson. She says encouraging the community to look at disadvantaged people from a different perspective is the first step in ending poverty cycles.

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Andrea Baker
A well-rounded view of what the situations are that lead to these maybe financial insecurity situations or food insecurity or whatever else is going on is a better way to be in relationship with one another instead of just, you know, giving money on the side of the road.

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Thomas Ouellette
The ministry's help program will also teach attendees over four sessions how to draw boundaries as givers and prevent the creation of codependent relationships. Operation Love Ministries is funding its effort with a spark grant from the Madison County Community Foundation. It's one of four organizations awarded a $25,000 grant. The ministry intends on recording the sessions and sharing them to other communities so that they can implement similar learning opportunities.

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Thomas Ouellette
Registration for the sessions will open early next year in Anderson, Thomas Ouellette IPR news.