Today is Christmas Eve, and most staff are taking today to be with their families and friends celebrating the holiday. They have put in a good holiday season of giving of themselves to the many children and families we serve out of our Parkersburg site of CHS. The Shelter, of course, is bustling and busy as it is 365 days a year! Generous support from Prudential and Gas Search and others, makes for a nice Christmas for the residents of the shelter who are there at this particularly stressful time of year. Lisa Doyle Parsons is preparing a holiday meal for the young people she works with in the Runaway and Homeless Youth program here at the Mid Town Family Resource Center. She has gotten very creative in her building a support network for these youth, and a meal is always a good source of fellowship! Barrie, our host home for the runaway and homeless youth programs, is up to 4 young people staying with him! Some of the neighborhood youth have been stopping in to get on the computers, and the two Miller boys brought me a Christmas card!
We've had a few people stop in for food from our pantry, and somebody brought records (for my on-going vinyl record sales) and somebody bought a few!! We got some Panera's bread today; Pam went up to get it; and that came in handy for the meal Lisa is preparing!
We're having a cold but sunny day here in early winter, and we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season!
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