Erin Minkoff, recipient of a new First Story home, hugs her boss, Connie McCurdy, of Bend, during a dedication ceremony in Bend. Photo by Jeff Wick The Bulletin
Looks of confusion washed over patients’ and co-workers’ faces when Erin Minkoff, 48, started screaming for joy at Bend Ophthalmology Center a month and half ago. She heard the news that her dream had come true.
And last week, Minkoffreceived an affordable, newly built, 1,400-square-foot home on Boyd Acres Road from the nonprofit organization First Story.
“When they told me I had gotten the home, I started shaking. I couldn’t control myself,” said Minkoff, a single mother of two. “I couldn’t even say thank-you.”
Minkoff was awarded the home in a ceremony surrounded by her friends, family and volunteers who helped build it. Read the rest of this entry »
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