We are excited to receive word that we received a $12,000 grant from the Henry Logan Children's Home Foundation this week. This will help support the work of the after school program and the Mid Town Family Resource Center. The Henry Logan Home has been a staunch, on-going supporter of our agency in the community. We always felt the shelter was the "carrying on legacy" of the Henry Logan Children's Home which closed in the early 1980's, just when the shelter was starting out. It has a legacy dating back to the early 1900's, and many people in the community have some memory of family members staying there, or contacts they had with the home over the years. We received the pool table from the home for our shelter, and (after several re-surfacing and moves) is still the pool table that we use for recreation. A game of pool has broken the ice with many reluctant youth for staff over the years!
The Henry Logan also contributed significantly to the capital campaign for the new shelter 6 years ago. In more recent years, the foundation has been very supportive of our neighborhood work. Particularly since we are in the same basic neighborhood as the Henry Logan foundation, and their mission refers to helping the disadvantaged children of the community, which we feel agrees with our local mission very clearly.
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