Our mission is to empower teenagers, young adults, and their families to make and sustain positive changes through prevention, intervention, and life skills services.
Former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signs H.449 into law, raising the age limit of youth in foster care from 18 to 21 in Spectrum’s Drop-In Center in 2007.
Playing Soccer Builds Leadership Skills for Multicultural Youth “I like coming here and playing soccer–because as a girl, you can show them you can be fast, you can be strong, and you can play with them and be better than them.“ Thanks to our donors, Spectrum is building programs in the Burlington community …
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“The elevator-speech version of my life is that it didn’t go as planned. I didn’t plan to drop out of college after 2 months and return to Burlington, I didn’t plan to sell my childhood home of 15 years without knowing where I would live next…” Tian Berry is doing Spectrum’s Sleep Out next Thursday night to …
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Each year, over 500 people sleep outside in solidarity with youth facing homelessness by participating in the Spectrum Sleep Out. This year we asked one of our returning participants why he chooses to sleep out. David Rose started a Sleep Out team for his company, Rose Computers, years ago and hopes to get other businesses …
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Each March, business and community leaders come together to spend the night outside overnight in solidarity with the many clients that we serve who may be homeless or at risk of homelessness. Jessie Willetts (center, green jacket), brand advisor at Dealer.com, shares her experience of Sleeping Out below. Why do you Sleep Out? It such …
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Each year, over 500 people sleep outside in solidarity with youth facing homelessness by participating in the Spectrum Sleep Out. This year we asked one of our returning participants why she chooses to sleep out. Ilka Pritchard is the team captain for Social Sentinel’s Sleep Out team and has been participating in the Sleep Out …
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