I am gearing up to put some pictures together for a presentation for the event on February 27th. I have been sorting and sifting through the albums and boxes of clippings and pictures. I will be scanning some pictures in starting tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. This is an interesting process of going down memory lane about all the thousands of people connected to the shelter over the years; the youth who have stayed there, and since, grown up to be in their 40's and such! The many staff who have worked there over the years, many of whom went on to other careers in the helping professions from their start as a child care worker; grounding in the challenging work of helping teens in crisis. The many others, who moved on to completely other lines of work, but used that brief employment to gain some perspective on teens, family issues, their own style of helping, and just plain having some "interesting" experiences with young people and co-workers. The many community folks who have helped out the shelter over the years also have an interesting perspective. Donors, volunteers, mentors, inter-agency collaborators - thousands of these sorts of people also have a unique perspective on the shelter in the community.
We hope these next two weeks will bring some more reflecting and sharing, and connecting people. We intend to keep on working hard to serve the children and families of the community, but stepping back and reflecting is a good thing to do from time to time.
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