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.
We offer emergency shelter and transitional housing for young people ages 16-24 in Burlington and St. Albans.
Detail Works is a social enterprise designed to help young people build the soft skills and trade skills they need in the workplace.
Annie Cooper, Essex High School parent and organizer of the EHS Student Sleep Out, wrote this blog post about their team’s experience. As of this writing, the group raised $2200 to support homeless and at-risk youth in Vermont. At 5:15 am on Friday, March 28th, with an inch of snow layered over sleeping heads, bags, …
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“This isn’t right. We have to give them our money.” This is what ten-year-old Carmella Martone told her mother after seeing firsthand what it is like to be homeless. She had just walked a friend to door of the hotel room where his family was staying because they had nowhere else to go. And she’d …
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Look at all of these coats! Dealer.com held a two-week winter clothing drive where they collected so many great hats, sweaters, coats, and scarves to keep our youth warm for the rest of the winter. We also want to thank Dealer.com for being the premier sponsor for our Sleep Out on March 27th!
Local businesses are a continual source of support for us, but sometimes they just really take us by surprise. The Essex Culinary Resort and Spa stopped by the other day to drop off some blankets and pillows – it was 2 VANS full! And then Seventh Generation donated enough laundry detergent for the Drop-In Center, …
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I’ve always known that the Burlington area was a great place to live and work, but last week’s Empty Bowl Dinner was an incredible reminder of how compassionate our community is. Over 250 people came out to the Elley-Long Center and we reached a net total of more than $28,000! We have some great pictures you can see …
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