New nonprofit holding fundraiser to help people in crisis

A local woman has started a nonprofit to help working families in crisis and is working to raise funds to do so.

"I've known so many working families that have some kind of crisis come up and they don't have the savings or the resources to deal with it or the crisis is so catastrophic it bankrupts them," Blessed to Bless NOW founder BilliJo Doll said, adding that the nonprofit is meant to help families weather the storm in their time of need.

"What helps them through is the neighbors coming around them, helping them, encouraging them," she said.

Doll said she has worked in conservation f...