The biggest challenges our youth face today
Mark talks about the biggest challenges youth face in Vermont today: widespread opiate use and the lack of affordable housing.
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A moving night at Empty Bowl 2015
Looking back on the evening of the Empty Bowl Dinner, we were blown away by the outpouring of generosity, compassion, and, truthfully, love that flowed through the room. It was incredibly moving. Together we raised over $57,000, and with so much of the food and services donated, almost all will go straight to helping our …
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Guest Blog Post: Sleeping Out for VT’s Youth
When I learned that PC Construction was pulling together a team to participate in Spectrum’s annual Sleep Out, I had to get involved. . . . The soggy ground, rain, and temps in the 20s drove home the conditions so many of our homeless youth are exposed to year-round.
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Oregon Judge Shatters Myths About Domestic Violence
The house where Nicolette Elias, a victim of intimate partner violence, was found. An Oregon circuit court judge, Amy Holmes Hehn, has been presiding over a contentious custody case. In an editorial in The Oregonian (reprinted here with permission), Hehn tells us how we can change our thinking and end the cycle of domestic violence. On Nov. 10, …
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Friendship Begins with Mentoring
Recently, Vermont author Chris Bohjalian sat down to talk with Bob and David, members of Spectrum’s mentoring program. They began as mentor and mentee, but now they’ve been friends for 12 years. Bob and David went fishing together, watched movies, and even taught him how to parallel-park. But that wasn’t all. In David’s words, “Bob …
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