The Port Orford Public Library and Sea Wolf Books are partnering to screen the film "Space, Hope and Charity" on September 28 at 4pm in the Library Freedom of Speech Room.

An award winning independent documentary film about Charity Woodrum, a young woman from rural Oregon whose dream of becoming an astrophysicist is nearly derailed when she suffers a devastating tragedy. Charity's husband Jayson Dean Thomas, 31, and their 3-year-old son were carried out to sea by a sneaker wave near Floras Lake, just north of Cape Blanco.

Charity was a nontraditional university student, raised in poverty, the first in her family to graduate from high school. In her mid-20s, she was married and nine months pregnant when she decided to return to school to study physics. Life felt perfect. Then, what she calls "The Worst Day." Her world was destroyed.

With help from friends old and new, she finds her way back to the distant galaxies where she feels most at peace.

You can learn more about the film and watch the trailer here: https://www.spacehopecharityfilm.com/

This event is free to attend but any donations will be given to Woody's Stars, a charity dedicated honoring her son by offering financial support and mentorship to students in his name. The Woody’s Stars Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation supports college students as they follow their own dreams of succeeding in STEM