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December 27, 2024
Washougal High School senior Emily Bishop, on Dec. 17, 2024, displays one of several feminine hygiene kits she has created to donate to local homeless shelters. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

WHS senior on quest to help unhoused

As an employee at Round Table Pizza in Camas, Washougal High School senior Emily Bishop has learned about the challenges people facing homelessness struggle with on a daily basis.

December 19, 2024
An attendee looks at a handmade bowl during the Empty Bowls Camas event, held at the AWPPW Local 5 building in Camas, Sept. 17, 2024. (Contributed photos courtesy of Jamie St. Clair)

Empty Bowls Camas organizers aim for ‘bigger impact’ in 2025

Before the first Empty Bowls Camas event in September 2024, event organizer Jamie St. Clair told Nancy Wilson, the director of the Inter-Faith Treasure House in Washougal, that she hoped to raise $2,000 for the nonprofit organization, which provides food assistance to local residents in need.

November 29, 2024
Christmas decorations fill a space inside Camas Antiques in downtown Camas, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘Shopping small’ for the holidays

In a week filled with giving thanks, locally owned retailers and eateries in Camas-Washougal are hoping holiday shoppers will show them some gratitude this weekend during the national Small Business Saturday event and the local Little Box Friday celebration in downtown Camas.