Cathedral Guild--Great To Be With You Again

I couldn't have picked a better day to be with the ladies of St. Mary's Cathedral Guild. Being with you on the "Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary" seemed quite appropriate. My prayers included all of your intentions once this speaking engagement was added to my calendar.  Being with you on the last day of the "54 Day Rosary Novena" was a blessing indeed.  (August 15--October 7)

I shared some statistics with the group that I had found in the recently released "Community Health Needs Assessment Laramie County 2022" compiled by Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Laramie County Community Partnership, and the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department.  It included these items:

Almost one in 5 people have depression in the Medicare population:
United States:              18.4 %
Wyoming:                       15.0%
Laramie County:          17.3%
 
Children living in single-parent household:
United States:              14.0%
Wyoming:                       18.0%
Laramie County:          23.0%
 
Persons in Poverty:
United States:              12.3%
Wyoming:                       10.1%
Laramie County:          09.5%
 
Children in Poverty:
United States:               18.5%
Wyoming:                        11.6%
Laramie County:          12.5%
 
Individuals Without Health Coverage:
United States:               09.2%
Wyoming:                        12.3%
Laramie County:          07.4%
 
One in ten (11.2%) individuals in Laramie County are food insecure.
43.5% of students in LCSD #1 participated in the free and reduced lunch.
40.0% of students in LCSD #2 participated in the free and reduced lunch.
34% of driving deaths in Laramie County involved alcohol.
 
What observations do I draw from these statistics?  We still have a lot of work to do.