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They’re struggling – emotionally, physically. 

And they have given 120 percent on their shift, and they walk out exhausted. They go home to a family where they have to give another 120 percent. We do that day in and day out.

Elysia Goettl

nurse manager, medical-surgical unit at Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire

–speaking of the experiences of health care workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, quoted in The Washington Post Nov. 29.

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We posted on Facebook to get a few space heaters donated and also a link to donate if people were interested, and I think the first space heater arrived within 15 minutes. Over the next hour we had about 14 that showed up in total. So people really came out and then the donations started to pour in.

Shelley Janke

executive director, Eau Claire County Humane Association

–quoted in a Dec. 16 WEAU.com article about how locals stepped up when the animal shelter lost heat.