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FAMILY matters 1
ForKids
4200 Colley Avenue Suite A
PO Box 6044
Norfolk VA 23508
(757) 622-6400
www.homesforkids.org
4200 Colley Avenue Suite A
PO Box 6044
Norfolk VA 23508
TEL: (757) 622-6400 | FAX: (757) 622-3837
TAX ID 54-1477799
SPRING 2011OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
Just over two years ago, before coming to ForKids, 5-year-old Sammy and his mom endured horrific physical and mental abuse by Sammy’s father. In fact, theirs was perhaps the worst case of domestic violence in ForKids’ history. Sammy had seen and endured more in his young life than anyone should face in a lifetime. He lost his big brother, who was sent to live with another family member, and Sammy missed so many days of school that he barely passed kindergarten and was far behind other students his age. Sammy’s young life was a nightmare.
Sammy and his mom came to ForKids and entered Haven House Emergency Shelter.
That’s where the healing began. When Sammy first arrived, he was terrified to go to sleep at night because of the horribly vivid nightmares he was having as a result of his trauma. But working with the ForKids Children’s Therapist, he devised a plan. Sammy created a special sign to hang on his door every night before bed that read,
“NO MONSTERS ALLOWED.” Gradually, with regular therapy for both Sammy and his mom and lots of structure and care, the scared and sometimes aggressive little boy developed confidence, self-esteem and a sense of safety.
Meanwhile, Sammy’s case manager got him enrolled in school and made sure he
No Monsters AllowedLOOK AT THAT GRIN. It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to hurt
Sammy, much less his own dad. Yet, that’s how his young life began.
What Can You Do To Help
Homeless Families
and Children?
FAMILYmatters
“I wouldn’t want your job,” someone said, hearing about our budget cuts and the exploding need for services. But today my job is unquestionably the best job in the world. Antonio came to visit.
Antonio is one of “my” kids but I hadn’t seen him in years. We met when he was five, and I saw him almost daily for six years. He’s 20 now and his mother asked me to meet with him because he dropped out of TCC. Antonio’s working at a fast food job he hates and she’s worried he’s losing hope and losing ground.
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Thaler's Thoughts
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FAMILY matters 3
When ForKids took on Suffolk House over two years ago, we immediately realized that things are different when your goal is to shelter families in a service area that is 1,400 square miles.
Transportation is different (there isn’t any in most parts of the region), job searches are different (there are few employment centers), and housing is widely dispersed and usually single-family. We implemented the proven ForKids model with mental health, educational and children’s services and saw outcomes improve dramatically at the shelter. But despite significant need in the region, Western Tidewater families weren’t making it to our shelter in downtown Suffolk due to transportation barriers and the fear of losing their employment, support networks and changing schools. This, coupled with a dramatic decline in government funding, led us to look for a better way to provide services for families. To that end, Suffolk House will transition from an emergency shelter to an innovative Emergency Service, Rapid Re-housing and Prevention Center for homeless families beginning July 1. Our new approach will offer:
• A hotel voucher program to provide homeless families with up to 30 days of shelter throughout the region; families will no longer have to relocate out of their communities
• Direct assistance with utilities, rent and security deposits to prevent homelessness and rapidly re-house families who have slipped into homelessness
• Intensive in-home case management for at-risk and homeless families that will be linked to any cash assistance
• High-quality mental health services and ForKids’ signature children’s services delivered throughout the region
• Families will connect to the services through the ForKids regional call center
For the first time, a family located in Smithfield can remain in Smithfield and still receive the vital ForKids services necessary to stabilize in the community without relocating. Explaining the motivation behind the program change, ForKids CEO, Thaler McCormick, said, “This will be a big improvement in services for Western Tidewater. There are many more families who are in need of services right now who aren’t receiving them because of geographic limitations. They can’t move to Suffolk House because it takes parents away from their jobs and children away from their schools. Just last week a social worker in Isle of Wight reported 10 families in this situation that we weren’t equipped to assist. This is unacceptable. Through this new plan, we’ll be able to better serve more families within their own communities.”
The ForKids Emergency Services and Prevention Team will operate from Suffolk House and residential services there will be temporarily closed off to reduce costs. The ForKids Board and management team will spend the upcoming months considering the best use of the residential wing and will likely consider a conversion to Permanent Supportive Housing or Transitional Housing -- two services currently unavailable and badly needed for families in Suffolk and Western Tidewater.
was participating in afterschool tutoring. While Sammy’s mom worked on finding a job and saving her money so the family could leave the shelter, Sammy read all the books he could get his hands on when REACH* came each week and learned new life skills and character traits in the ForKids’ SuperKids program. The consistent care, counseling and structure Sammy was receiving revealed an
incredibly smart, strong and healthy little boy. Sammy’s wonderful traits that have been uncovered have been well documented through not one, but several “SuperKid of the Month” awards. Tutoring has paid off too – Sammy proudly boasts of being on the A/B Honor Roll. His case manager describes him as a “little package of courage, spirit and resilience.” Sammy and his mom are now reunited with his older brother in a stable home, within walking distance of Sammy’s school.
He enthusiastically participates weekly in ForKids’ Hot Meals and Homework tutoring program and, according to his case manager, “picks up on things quickly and approaches everything with eagerness and a positive attitude.” At a recent session, when Stacey Gardner, Senior Manager of Children’s Services popped in to the computer lab to say hello, Sammy gave her one of his famous smiles and said, “I’m just knockin’ out my homework for the week, while I’m here.”
And with that, we glimpse Sammy’s future, and it is bright and full of hope.
*Reading Enriches All Children (REACH) is a terrific non-profit organization that provides literacy programs at our shelters and transitional housing programs each week. They provide us with books, volunteers and activities that promote literacy! Check out REACH at www.reachreads.org.
I couldn’t wait to see him, but was unsure what to expect. I’d heard about troubles in high school, yet the boy I remembered was sweet, serious and polite. What would the 20-year-old Antonio be like?
The same, just all grown up.
The hour I spent with Antonio was a gift. Antonio told me about his difficulties in high school, accepting responsibility for foolish behavior that left him far behind. I was proud and amazed when he told me he decided to go to school from 7:30 a.m. till 9:00 p.m. his entire senior year to graduate on time.
Then Antonio shared his ForKids memories and he remembers everything: making clothespin reindeers; snack time after school; his tutor; forgetting his trunks that first day of swimming lessons when I raced him to my house to pin my soccer shorts on him (he remembers the cone on my dog’s head that day, I remember the dejected look on his face when he thought he wouldn’t be able to swim). He remembers “all the holidays” and going to “shop” for
gifts for his mother; his mother going to school and getting her first good job. He remembers joining Cub Scouts and taking karate. He remembers things I’d forgotten but things that became the fabric of his childhood.
He remembers sleeping in a car.
Antonio will intern with our Children Services Team this summer, and he WILL return to college this fall. I asked what, if anything, he’d share of his experiences with the children at our shelters. Antonio said firmly, with the strength of his 20 years, “I am not ashamed of being homeless. I would tell them everything. ForKids was my family. I don’t know where we would be without you.”
I love my job.
(Continued from front page)
Thaler’s Thoughts
(Continued from front page)
No Monsters Allowed
ForKids Implements New Service Model for Western TidewaterBattling the “Tyranny of Distance” to Serve Families Across a Broad Geographic Area
FAMILY matters 3
When ForKids took on Suffolk House over two years ago, we immediately realized that things are different when your goal is to shelter families in a service area that is 1,400 square miles.
Transportation is different (there isn’t any in most parts of the region), job searches are different (there are few employment centers), and housing is widely dispersed and usually single-family. We implemented the proven ForKids model with mental health, educational and children’s services and saw outcomes improve dramatically at the shelter. But despite significant need in the region, Western Tidewater families weren’t making it to our shelter in downtown Suffolk due to transportation barriers and the fear of losing their employment, support networks and changing schools. This, coupled with a dramatic decline in government funding, led us to look for a better way to provide services for families. To that end, Suffolk House will transition from an emergency shelter to an innovative Emergency Service, Rapid Re-housing and Prevention Center for homeless families beginning July 1. Our new approach will offer:
• A hotel voucher program to provide homeless families with up to 30 days of shelter throughout the region; families will no longer have to relocate out of their communities
• Direct assistance with utilities, rent and security deposits to prevent homelessness and rapidly re-house families who have slipped into homelessness
• Intensive in-home case management for at-risk and homeless families that will be linked to any cash assistance
• High-quality mental health services and ForKids’ signature children’s services delivered throughout the region
• Families will connect to the services through the ForKids regional call center
For the first time, a family located in Smithfield can remain in Smithfield and still receive the vital ForKids services necessary to stabilize in the community without relocating. Explaining the motivation behind the program change, ForKids CEO, Thaler McCormick, said, “This will be a big improvement in services for Western Tidewater. There are many more families who are in need of services right now who aren’t receiving them because of geographic limitations. They can’t move to Suffolk House because it takes parents away from their jobs and children away from their schools. Just last week a social worker in Isle of Wight reported 10 families in this situation that we weren’t equipped to assist. This is unacceptable. Through this new plan, we’ll be able to better serve more families within their own communities.”
The ForKids Emergency Services and Prevention Team will operate from Suffolk House and residential services there will be temporarily closed off to reduce costs. The ForKids Board and management team will spend the upcoming months considering the best use of the residential wing and will likely consider a conversion to Permanent Supportive Housing or Transitional Housing -- two services currently unavailable and badly needed for families in Suffolk and Western Tidewater.
was participating in afterschool tutoring. While Sammy’s mom worked on finding a job and saving her money so the family could leave the shelter, Sammy read all the books he could get his hands on when REACH* came each week and learned new life skills and character traits in the ForKids’ SuperKids program. The consistent care, counseling and structure Sammy was receiving revealed an
incredibly smart, strong and healthy little boy. Sammy’s wonderful traits that have been uncovered have been well documented through not one, but several “SuperKid of the Month” awards. Tutoring has paid off too – Sammy proudly boasts of being on the A/B Honor Roll. His case manager describes him as a “little package of courage, spirit and resilience.” Sammy and his mom are now reunited with his older brother in a stable home, within walking distance of Sammy’s school.
He enthusiastically participates weekly in ForKids’ Hot Meals and Homework tutoring program and, according to his case manager, “picks up on things quickly and approaches everything with eagerness and a positive attitude.” At a recent session, when Stacey Gardner, Senior Manager of Children’s Services popped in to the computer lab to say hello, Sammy gave her one of his famous smiles and said, “I’m just knockin’ out my homework for the week, while I’m here.”
And with that, we glimpse Sammy’s future, and it is bright and full of hope.
*Reading Enriches All Children (REACH) is a terrific non-profit organization that provides literacy programs at our shelters and transitional housing programs each week. They provide us with books, volunteers and activities that promote literacy! Check out REACH at www.reachreads.org.
I couldn’t wait to see him, but was unsure what to expect. I’d heard about troubles in high school, yet the boy I remembered was sweet, serious and polite. What would the 20-year-old Antonio be like?
The same, just all grown up.
The hour I spent with Antonio was a gift. Antonio told me about his difficulties in high school, accepting responsibility for foolish behavior that left him far behind. I was proud and amazed when he told me he decided to go to school from 7:30 a.m. till 9:00 p.m. his entire senior year to graduate on time.
Then Antonio shared his ForKids memories and he remembers everything: making clothespin reindeers; snack time after school; his tutor; forgetting his trunks that first day of swimming lessons when I raced him to my house to pin my soccer shorts on him (he remembers the cone on my dog’s head that day, I remember the dejected look on his face when he thought he wouldn’t be able to swim). He remembers “all the holidays” and going to “shop” for
gifts for his mother; his mother going to school and getting her first good job. He remembers joining Cub Scouts and taking karate. He remembers things I’d forgotten but things that became the fabric of his childhood.
He remembers sleeping in a car.
Antonio will intern with our Children Services Team this summer, and he WILL return to college this fall. I asked what, if anything, he’d share of his experiences with the children at our shelters. Antonio said firmly, with the strength of his 20 years, “I am not ashamed of being homeless. I would tell them everything. ForKids was my family. I don’t know where we would be without you.”
I love my job.
(Continued from front page)
Thaler’s Thoughts
(Continued from front page)
No Monsters Allowed
ForKids Implements New Service Model for Western TidewaterBattling the “Tyranny of Distance” to Serve Families Across a Broad Geographic Area
FAMILY matters4 FAMILY matters 5
A heartfelt ForKids “Thank
You!” to the groups, businesses
and organizations that put
their talents to work to help
homeless families in Hampton
Roads!
“Art with a Heart” Raises Money and Awareness for ForKids
Local artist and teacher, Brandon Thompson, hosted, “Art with a Heart,” at the Jewish Mother Backstage on Granby Street in Norfolk to benefit ForKids. The event featured the work of eight Hampton Roads artists in a fun festive environment, complete with a DJ! Brandon donated all proceeds from the event to ForKids, and also helped spread the word about ForKids to all in attendance.
Cooking (and eating!) “Lotsa Pasta” to Break the Cycle
Long-time ForKids supporter, Bayview United Church of Christ in Norfolk, recently hosted a Spaghetti Dinner to benefit ForKids. The evening was a huge success and the pasta, molto buona!
“Partying Like its 1929!” at the NorVA 20s Party
The flapper dresses and Zoot suits were out in full force, and the Party Angels completely transformed the NorVA back to the way it was 90 years ago for the Roaring 20s Party they held to benefit ForKids.
Elbert Watson Dances to End Homelessness
Renowned dancer and choreographer, Elbert Watson, along with the Elbert Watson Dance Company performed a Benefit Concert at Norfolk Academy’s Samuel C. Johnson Theater to help raise money and awareness for
ForKids. The repertoire featured an eclectic mix of classical ballet, tap, modern dance and jazz, and also included an original choreography inspired by the children of ForKids.
Old Dominion University Students Run to End Homelessness
More than 200 ODU students, faculty and members of the surrounding community laced up their running shoes for the Monarch 5K & Adventure Race, held by ODU’s Department of Recreation and Wellness to benefit ForKids.
What Can YOU Do to Help Homeless Families and Children?
TrANSFOrMINg OUr HOUSe INTO A HOMeClark Nexsen Adopts the First Room at Haven House
Several Clark Nexsen employees arrived at Haven House on a recent warm spring day ready to take on the challenge before them. As the first group to “Adopt-A-Room,” they were eager to transform one of the rooms at the emergency shelter from drab and plain to colorful and cheery.
The team arrived with bags and bags of pillows, colorful linens and bedspreads, artwork, window treatments and more. They hauled the load to the second floor and opened the door to room B5, where they were initially shocked by the starkness of the room, but soon began to perform their magic.
They excitedly got right to work hanging curtains, making beds and giving the room a happier, warmer feel with their makeover. While white mattresses were covered with polka-dotted sheets and striped blankets, these Clark Nexsen employees realized the difference that they were making for the homeless family that would soon be living in that room.
While the makeover took place, a little girl walked down the hallway and peeked around the door with wide eyes and quietly asked if we would be doing this to all the rooms in the shelter. How could our answer be anything but yes?!
But we need your help. We still have more rooms to adopt and we need more people like the Clark Nexsen staff to help us turn our houses into homes. The seemingly simple gesture gives great comfort and security to a homeless child.
To learn more, please contact Kaitlin Robb at [email protected].
The ForKids Family Thrift is coming this summer to 25th and Granby St. in Norfolk
By the time you read this story we hope that we have an opening date for the ForKids Family Thrift. We will take over the space on June 15th and open this summer after some renovations. Stay tuned through Facebook or check our web site at www.homesforkids.org for breaking news.
Why the ForKids Family Thrift makes a difference. While there are many thrift stores in Hampton Roads, few have the direct impact that the ForKids Family Thrift will. In addition to selling goods to the public, our clients can earn vouchers to buy their very own move-in kit of household items to help with their transition from a ForKids emergency shelter into an apartment in the community. This opportunity removes another barrier to stable housing and provides a powerful incentive for our families to achieve their goals in the ForKids programs.
We need you!Donate your time: Sort household items, put out stock, work in the store and get a first look at the great stuff that’s coming in every day. Email [email protected] with your interest. We especially need folks who can work a regular volunteer shift on a weekly basis. Do good and get the first look at new inventory.
Donate your stuff: We will need lots of stuff to get to our clients and to stock the store. Clean out your attic and garage and bring your gently used items over to ForKids. Details, including pick up and drop off options to follow.
Shop ‘til you drop: Every purchase at ForKids Family Thrift will help fund the life-changing programs at ForKids. So come to the ForKids Family Thrift and tell your friends. Shopping will never feel so good!
ForKids Family Thrift Opening This Summer
BEFORE
AFTER
The Adopt-a-Room program gives you the opportunity to be a year-long sponsor of a ForKids emergency shelter room. Then you, your family, your co-workers or your friends get to decorate and help transform our house into a home.
For the latest news and happenings at ForKids, make sure you’re getting our monthly E-Newsletter. Please visit www.homesforkids.org to sign up.
Sign up and receive our newsletter and updates
FAMILY matters4 FAMILY matters 5
A heartfelt ForKids “Thank
You!” to the groups, businesses
and organizations that put
their talents to work to help
homeless families in Hampton
Roads!
“Art with a Heart” Raises Money and Awareness for ForKids
Local artist and teacher, Brandon Thompson, hosted, “Art with a Heart,” at the Jewish Mother Backstage on Granby Street in Norfolk to benefit ForKids. The event featured the work of eight Hampton Roads artists in a fun festive environment, complete with a DJ! Brandon donated all proceeds from the event to ForKids, and also helped spread the word about ForKids to all in attendance.
Cooking (and eating!) “Lotsa Pasta” to Break the Cycle
Long-time ForKids supporter, Bayview United Church of Christ in Norfolk, recently hosted a Spaghetti Dinner to benefit ForKids. The evening was a huge success and the pasta, molto buona!
“Partying Like its 1929!” at the NorVA 20s Party
The flapper dresses and Zoot suits were out in full force, and the Party Angels completely transformed the NorVA back to the way it was 90 years ago for the Roaring 20s Party they held to benefit ForKids.
Elbert Watson Dances to End Homelessness
Renowned dancer and choreographer, Elbert Watson, along with the Elbert Watson Dance Company performed a Benefit Concert at Norfolk Academy’s Samuel C. Johnson Theater to help raise money and awareness for
ForKids. The repertoire featured an eclectic mix of classical ballet, tap, modern dance and jazz, and also included an original choreography inspired by the children of ForKids.
Old Dominion University Students Run to End Homelessness
More than 200 ODU students, faculty and members of the surrounding community laced up their running shoes for the Monarch 5K & Adventure Race, held by ODU’s Department of Recreation and Wellness to benefit ForKids.
What Can YOU Do to Help Homeless Families and Children?
TrANSFOrMINg OUr HOUSe INTO A HOMeClark Nexsen Adopts the First Room at Haven House
Several Clark Nexsen employees arrived at Haven House on a recent warm spring day ready to take on the challenge before them. As the first group to “Adopt-A-Room,” they were eager to transform one of the rooms at the emergency shelter from drab and plain to colorful and cheery.
The team arrived with bags and bags of pillows, colorful linens and bedspreads, artwork, window treatments and more. They hauled the load to the second floor and opened the door to room B5, where they were initially shocked by the starkness of the room, but soon began to perform their magic.
They excitedly got right to work hanging curtains, making beds and giving the room a happier, warmer feel with their makeover. While white mattresses were covered with polka-dotted sheets and striped blankets, these Clark Nexsen employees realized the difference that they were making for the homeless family that would soon be living in that room.
While the makeover took place, a little girl walked down the hallway and peeked around the door with wide eyes and quietly asked if we would be doing this to all the rooms in the shelter. How could our answer be anything but yes?!
But we need your help. We still have more rooms to adopt and we need more people like the Clark Nexsen staff to help us turn our houses into homes. The seemingly simple gesture gives great comfort and security to a homeless child.
To learn more, please contact Kaitlin Robb at [email protected].
The ForKids Family Thrift is coming this summer to 25th and Granby St. in Norfolk
By the time you read this story we hope that we have an opening date for the ForKids Family Thrift. We will take over the space on June 15th and open this summer after some renovations. Stay tuned through Facebook or check our web site at www.homesforkids.org for breaking news.
Why the ForKids Family Thrift makes a difference. While there are many thrift stores in Hampton Roads, few have the direct impact that the ForKids Family Thrift will. In addition to selling goods to the public, our clients can earn vouchers to buy their very own move-in kit of household items to help with their transition from a ForKids emergency shelter into an apartment in the community. This opportunity removes another barrier to stable housing and provides a powerful incentive for our families to achieve their goals in the ForKids programs.
We need you!Donate your time: Sort household items, put out stock, work in the store and get a first look at the great stuff that’s coming in every day. Email [email protected] with your interest. We especially need folks who can work a regular volunteer shift on a weekly basis. Do good and get the first look at new inventory.
Donate your stuff: We will need lots of stuff to get to our clients and to stock the store. Clean out your attic and garage and bring your gently used items over to ForKids. Details, including pick up and drop off options to follow.
Shop ‘til you drop: Every purchase at ForKids Family Thrift will help fund the life-changing programs at ForKids. So come to the ForKids Family Thrift and tell your friends. Shopping will never feel so good!
ForKids Family Thrift Opening This Summer
BEFORE
AFTER
The Adopt-a-Room program gives you the opportunity to be a year-long sponsor of a ForKids emergency shelter room. Then you, your family, your co-workers or your friends get to decorate and help transform our house into a home.
For the latest news and happenings at ForKids, make sure you’re getting our monthly E-Newsletter. Please visit www.homesforkids.org to sign up.
Sign up and receive our newsletter and updates
FAMILY matters6 FAMILY matters 7
Become a ForKids G.E.M.
By Giving Every Month, you help
kids who depend on ForKids. You
guarantee that they have shelter,
counseling, tutoring and support.
For more information, please contact Kaitlin Robb at (757) 622-6400
x112 or at [email protected].
One of the families to recently move into Haven House was quite unlike any family ForKids has ever helped before -– this mom and her three babies were furry and wore masks! Yes, a family of raccoons decided to nest within the walls of the emergency shelter. Thankfully, we were able to safely relocate them to appropriate housing at Evelyn’s Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach.
It’s Extreme Makeover, ForKids Style! The new mural in the SuperKids room at 133 D View Avenue is a big hit with all the kids living in Haven House.
Suffolk House’s new shed. Photograph courtesy of Suffolk News Herald.
ForKids Helps ALL KINDS of Families!
Cynthia Amaro
Jill and Patrick Baker
Michelle Barger
Stuart Birkel and Nathalie Cassis
James Corbin
Lauren D’Amico
Charles and Juanita Dowdy
Robert and Vicky Doxey
Dean Everton
Michelle Ferber
Robert and Alice Frady
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gromelski
Judge and Mindi Haugen
Vikki Henderson
Doris and Buck Higginbotham
Sarah Johnson
Jennifer Keirle
Michaela Kubicek
LaShonda Lane
Jane B. Lego
Ryan Livingston
Thaler and Nat McCormick
Sharon McGlone
LaRhonda McLean
Janelle Parsons
Leila Rice
Melanie Rivera
Brenda Robinson
Shereka Spencer
Sybil and Rob Spurgeon
Janet Stokley
Lauren Varboncoeur
Alessandra Venee
Neil and Pat Walsh
Suffolk House ImprovementsForKids g.e.M.s
Rotary members were joined by students and faculty from the Pruden Center who came out to help with construction. Suffolk House now has a new, much-larger shed to store donated items and equipment.
And, to help make the rain showers more bearable, thanks to Construction Technologies for the new guttering on Suffolk House – they make a big difference!
grand Furniture Comes Through in grAND Fashion to Help Homeless FamiliesThe children in our Haven House and Suffolk House shelters can now sleep a little more comfortably, thanks to Grand Furniture’s generous donation of 19 sets of bunk beds!
each month, ForKids has to turn away hundreds of families who need our services. Homelessness happens 12 months a year, BUT YOU CAN HeLP.
Would you like to be a ForKids Volunteer? Please contact Kirstyn Lazar at (757) 622-6400 x137 or [email protected]
Stay updated on the latest
ForKids happenings! Be sure
to “Like” us on Facebook,
facebook.com/homesforkids
and follow us on Twitter,
twitter.com/ForKidsVA
FAMILY matters6 FAMILY matters 7
Become a ForKids G.E.M.
By Giving Every Month, you help
kids who depend on ForKids. You
guarantee that they have shelter,
counseling, tutoring and support.
For more information, please contact Kaitlin Robb at (757) 622-6400
x112 or at [email protected].
One of the families to recently move into Haven House was quite unlike any family ForKids has ever helped before -– this mom and her three babies were furry and wore masks! Yes, a family of raccoons decided to nest within the walls of the emergency shelter. Thankfully, we were able to safely relocate them to appropriate housing at Evelyn’s Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach.
It’s Extreme Makeover, ForKids Style! The new mural in the SuperKids room at 133 D View Avenue is a big hit with all the kids living in Haven House.
Suffolk House’s new shed. Photograph courtesy of Suffolk News Herald.
ForKids Helps ALL KINDS of Families!
Cynthia Amaro
Jill and Patrick Baker
Michelle Barger
Stuart Birkel and Nathalie Cassis
James Corbin
Lauren D’Amico
Charles and Juanita Dowdy
Robert and Vicky Doxey
Dean Everton
Michelle Ferber
Robert and Alice Frady
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gromelski
Judge and Mindi Haugen
Vikki Henderson
Doris and Buck Higginbotham
Sarah Johnson
Jennifer Keirle
Michaela Kubicek
LaShonda Lane
Jane B. Lego
Ryan Livingston
Thaler and Nat McCormick
Sharon McGlone
LaRhonda McLean
Janelle Parsons
Leila Rice
Melanie Rivera
Brenda Robinson
Shereka Spencer
Sybil and Rob Spurgeon
Janet Stokley
Lauren Varboncoeur
Alessandra Venee
Neil and Pat Walsh
Suffolk House ImprovementsForKids g.e.M.s
Rotary members were joined by students and faculty from the Pruden Center who came out to help with construction. Suffolk House now has a new, much-larger shed to store donated items and equipment.
And, to help make the rain showers more bearable, thanks to Construction Technologies for the new guttering on Suffolk House – they make a big difference!
grand Furniture Comes Through in grAND Fashion to Help Homeless FamiliesThe children in our Haven House and Suffolk House shelters can now sleep a little more comfortably, thanks to Grand Furniture’s generous donation of 19 sets of bunk beds!
each month, ForKids has to turn away hundreds of families who need our services. Homelessness happens 12 months a year, BUT YOU CAN HeLP.
Would you like to be a ForKids Volunteer? Please contact Kirstyn Lazar at (757) 622-6400 x137 or [email protected]
Stay updated on the latest
ForKids happenings! Be sure
to “Like” us on Facebook,
facebook.com/homesforkids
and follow us on Twitter,
twitter.com/ForKidsVA
FAMILY matters8 9FAMILY matters
Chris Perry President Suburban Asset Management
ForKids Welcomes New Board Member
VOLUNTeer SPOTLIgHT
Norfolk Academy Students,grades 1-12
Thank you to the nursing students of the Old Dominion University Community Health: Injury Prevention Group for their hard work and tireless efforts to help organize and run the 2010 ForKids Holiday Shop. Their support and volunteer service to ForKids earned them the 2011 Hampton Roads Volunteer Achievement Award. We extend our deepest thanks and congratulations!
Members of The Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach helped dedicate Suffolk House’s new playground with a Spring Playground Party, complete with snacks, bubbles, sidewalk chalk and hula hoops! Everyone had a great time – adults and kids alike!
Prestonwood Christian Academy spent the day at Haven House and Elizabeth Place landscaping, cleaning and painting.
Volunteer Snapshots
How lucky ForKids is to have the support of Norfolk Academy students! (Clearly they take to heart our mission of helping our community of families.) In the fall, lower school students raised money for United Way and ForKids; they also held a very successful jeans day—for the privilege of wearing jeans each student contributed $1 to ForKids!
But volunteering to help ForKids is not just a lower school undertaking. In the weeks prior to our 10th Anniversary Children’s Art Auction, NA middle and upper school students became “crafters extraordinaire.” As in previous years, they painted hundreds of handles for the bid paddles. Like last year, these teenagers completed our nametags, gluing and decorating hundreds of lions, tigers, bears, and hearts!
Under the leadership of Norfolk Academy’s Sean Wetmore and with the assistance of Ken and Zach Lampert, the 2nd annual Independent Schools ForKids Cup 5k race will be held this spring. The purpose of the race is to benefit ForKids and at the same time raise awareness among the other Independent Schools in the area. The entire NA student body gets an A+ from ForKids! We thank you!
Spring Playground Party
To request a ForKids speaker for your service organization, church, or other community group, please contact Leila at [email protected] or (757) 622-6400 x135.
Neal P. Brodsky LeClair Ryan Norfolk, VA
Amy Pesesky Amy G. Pesesky, PLC Norfolk, VA
Arthur R. Robb Jr. Frank Sheffer & Co. Suffolk, VA
J. Howard Rodman, Jr. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Virginia Beach, VA
Charles T. Saunders Saunders & Matthews, PLLC Norfolk, VA
Jane Short UBS Norfolk, VA
Jeffrey T. Talbert Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad, & Morecock Virginia Beach, VA
Mark R. Warden Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management Norfolk, VA
G. Randolph Webb, Jr. Signature Financial Management Norfolk, VA
Planned giving Advisory Council
Leave a Bequest, Include ForKids in Your Will to Create Your Lasting Legacy
WHrO recognizes our very own Domonique godette
Domonique Godette
Of course, we’ve ALWAYS known that our own Chesapeake Hot Meals and Homework Specialist, Domonique Godette, makes a tremendous difference in the lives of our kids, but it was great to find out that the Hampton Roads community realizes it too!
Domonique has been awarded the 2011 WHRO Community Impact Award for Education! The award honors people or organizations that work at the grassroots level to make a significant difference in the community. In addition to the recognition, Domonique was also honored at a luncheon and she received $1,000 for the charity of her choice. Congratulations, Domonique! We’re incredibly proud of you and all that you do to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty!
Students from St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Norfolk, delivering the wagonloads of snacks they collected through a recent Snack Drive for Hot Meals & Homework.
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Chris Perry President Suburban Asset Management
ForKids Welcomes New Board Member
VOLUNTeer SPOTLIgHT
Norfolk Academy Students,grades 1-12
Thank you to the nursing students of the Old Dominion University Community Health: Injury Prevention Group for their hard work and tireless efforts to help organize and run the 2010 ForKids Holiday Shop. Their support and volunteer service to ForKids earned them the 2011 Hampton Roads Volunteer Achievement Award. We extend our deepest thanks and congratulations!
Members of The Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach helped dedicate Suffolk House’s new playground with a Spring Playground Party, complete with snacks, bubbles, sidewalk chalk and hula hoops! Everyone had a great time – adults and kids alike!
Prestonwood Christian Academy spent the day at Haven House and Elizabeth Place landscaping, cleaning and painting.
Volunteer Snapshots
How lucky ForKids is to have the support of Norfolk Academy students! (Clearly they take to heart our mission of helping our community of families.) In the fall, lower school students raised money for United Way and ForKids; they also held a very successful jeans day—for the privilege of wearing jeans each student contributed $1 to ForKids!
But volunteering to help ForKids is not just a lower school undertaking. In the weeks prior to our 10th Anniversary Children’s Art Auction, NA middle and upper school students became “crafters extraordinaire.” As in previous years, they painted hundreds of handles for the bid paddles. Like last year, these teenagers completed our nametags, gluing and decorating hundreds of lions, tigers, bears, and hearts!
Under the leadership of Norfolk Academy’s Sean Wetmore and with the assistance of Ken and Zach Lampert, the 2nd annual Independent Schools ForKids Cup 5k race will be held this spring. The purpose of the race is to benefit ForKids and at the same time raise awareness among the other Independent Schools in the area. The entire NA student body gets an A+ from ForKids! We thank you!
Spring Playground Party
To request a ForKids speaker for your service organization, church, or other community group, please contact Leila at [email protected] or (757) 622-6400 x135.
Neal P. Brodsky LeClair Ryan Norfolk, VA
Amy Pesesky Amy G. Pesesky, PLC Norfolk, VA
Arthur R. Robb Jr. Frank Sheffer & Co. Suffolk, VA
J. Howard Rodman, Jr. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Virginia Beach, VA
Charles T. Saunders Saunders & Matthews, PLLC Norfolk, VA
Jane Short UBS Norfolk, VA
Jeffrey T. Talbert Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad, & Morecock Virginia Beach, VA
Mark R. Warden Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management Norfolk, VA
G. Randolph Webb, Jr. Signature Financial Management Norfolk, VA
Planned giving Advisory Council
Leave a Bequest, Include ForKids in Your Will to Create Your Lasting Legacy
WHrO recognizes our very own Domonique godette
Domonique Godette
Of course, we’ve ALWAYS known that our own Chesapeake Hot Meals and Homework Specialist, Domonique Godette, makes a tremendous difference in the lives of our kids, but it was great to find out that the Hampton Roads community realizes it too!
Domonique has been awarded the 2011 WHRO Community Impact Award for Education! The award honors people or organizations that work at the grassroots level to make a significant difference in the community. In addition to the recognition, Domonique was also honored at a luncheon and she received $1,000 for the charity of her choice. Congratulations, Domonique! We’re incredibly proud of you and all that you do to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty!
Students from St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Norfolk, delivering the wagonloads of snacks they collected through a recent Snack Drive for Hot Meals & Homework.
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For Mark and Julie, the Annual ForKids Children’s Art Auction is one event they never miss – a fact made evident by the many pieces of our children’s artwork that line the walls of their Virginia Beach sign company, “Any and All Graphics.” They love the chance to dress up and spend a fun evening supporting ForKids. But buying art isn’t the only way Mark and Julie support ForKids. They also donate tirelessly of their time and energy to support the ForKids mission.
This year, Mark and Julie shared with ForKids another way that they have decided to help provide for the future of ForKids. They have generously designated the organization in their will. And this is not just any designation. Mark and Julie have bequeathed their amazing motorcycle collection to ForKids. There is one string attached, though – Mark requests that once we receive this gift ForKids should host a biker-themed Art Auction!
Expressing their belief in the ForKids mission, Mark and Julie use the skills and resources that they have available to help us help homeless families, even ensuring the future of our organization by including ForKids in their estate.
Your support makes a difference, whether big or small, immediate or future.
FrIeNDS OF ForKids
Berea Womens Fellowship
Drs. Alexander & Alexandria Berger
Sally Berger
Rosemary & Benyam Berhane
Joan & Bruce Berlin
Lisa Ehrich & Rob Bernstein
Joseph & Mildred Berryman
Bertini, O’Donnell & Hammer
Beta Sigma Phi, VA Alpha Gamma Master Chapter
Peter & Angela Bialobrzewski
Maria Biel
Bike & Build
Birdsong Corporation
Stuart Birkel & Nathalie Cassis
Kristie Bissell
Alan & Eve Blachman
Michael & Paula Blachman
Gayle C. Blackstone
Blackwater Art League
Jonathan Blackwell & Lisa Clay
Jeff & Laurie Bleh
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Alma R. Blythe
Nancy Blythe
Body of Christ Community Church
Jim & Joy Bolander
Bon Vivant At Governor’s Point, L.C.
Richard & Frances Bouey
Joe & Melanie Boyd
James & Dana Boykin
Beth Braden
Elizabeth Brickhouse
Jim Brinkman
Gary Broome
Rebecca Bump
William C. Bunch
John & Joann Burnham
Catherine Buski
Alice Buxbaum
James & Tobi Byrd
Tory Byrd
Joseph & Deniece Byrne
John & Julia Calder
Xavier Calderon
John & Diane Caldwell
Tony Calogrides
Christopher M. Calvert
Kat Calzini
Marianne & Bill Campbell
Michael Campbell
Todd & Debbie Campbell
Paul Campsen & Carrie White
Rob & Shannon Candler
Capital Concrete
Barbara Caretta
Joel & Martha Carp
Chelsy Carter
Lynda & Ted Carter
Cash Converters United, LLC
Christi A. Cassel
Debra Cathell
Kevin Cendella
Ellie Cesario & Kevin Keltz
Checkered Flag
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland
Annette & Mike Cherwa
Chesapeake United Soccer Club, West Ham United U-1
Billy & Lauren Chorey
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Chorey
Christ Sanctified Holy Church
Christ United Methodist Church
Neal & Linda Christopher
Church of the Advent
Eileen Churchill
Cinema Cafe-Greenbrier
Pete & Pam Ciula
Civitan Club of Norfolk
Evan Clark
Helen & Allen Clark
Jack & Marian Clark
Clark Nexsen
Rick & Connie Clarke
Ann Cleland
Claremont & Cynthia Clifton
Peter D. Coe
Sidika Colakoglu
Cathy Coleman
Christina & Bernard Coleman
Samantha Coleman
Gino & Grace Colombara
Colonial Place Riverview Civic League
Daniel Coogan
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cooper
Finley Cooperwood & John Miller
Maurice & Faye Copeland
James Corbin
Donna Counts
Mary Covell
Theresa Cowan
Stephen Cox & Jean Webster
360 IT
3D-M, LLC
A. Dodson’s Art of Living Well
Mike & Sondra Abbott
Carolyn Abron-McCadden
John & Heather Adams
Ron & Sharon Agresta
Richard & Christine Alexander
Bernice Allen
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority-Zeta Epsilon Omega Chapter
Alpha Delta Kappa
Cynthia Amaro
American Legion Auxiliary
American Systems Corporation
Amerigroup
Amerigroup Charitable Foundation
Amy Pesesky, P.L.C.
Anders Williams & Company
Katherine Ange
Jill & Scott Anglin
Antioch United Church of Christ
Kay & Joe Antle
Clarke & Carey Armentrout
The Art Institutes International
Arviso, Inc.
Ashman Distributing Company
Charles & Marcia Atherton
Kristen Atterbury & Alfred Applewhaite
Yvonne E. Aucoin
Frank & Wendy Auerbach
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Clark & Kelly Avery
John & Mary Azud
Betty J. Backus
Larry & Nancy Bagranoff
Stacey & Johnny Bailey
Jill & Patrick Baker
Joshua Baker
Sabrina & Paul Balesi
Keith Bangel
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank of America United Way Campaign
Sherry & Pat Banks
Michelle Barger
Sandra E. Barkley
Wesley & Diana Barnes
Joan Louise Barry
Richard F. Barry III
Marlene Bass
Charles & Janet Bassford
Tom Batchelder
Mavis & Rich Bates
Bay Area Electrical Service
Bayview United Church of Christ
Charles & Ruth Bazzell
BBG, Incorporated
David & Christine Beatty
Bel-Star
John & Joanne Benedict
Lindsay & Ed Bennett
FiNANCiAL SUPPORTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2010 – APRiL 30, 2011
Mark and Julie “rev Up” Their Support in a Big Way
On April 2nd, more than 500 ForKids supporters came
together in their red-shoe finery for a magical night of
food, fun and fantastic children’s art for this year’s 10th
Anniversary ForKids Children’s Art Auction and Casino
Night. The Wizard of Oz themed event, “There’s No Place
Like Home,” proved to be the most successful art auction in
ForKids history! Thanks to your generous support, 20% of
our budget was raised on that one amazing night!
There really is NO PLACe LIKe HOMe!
Join the ForKids Legacy Society by making a planned gift. For more information, please contact Kaitlin Robb at (757) 622-6400 x112 or [email protected].
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For Mark and Julie, the Annual ForKids Children’s Art Auction is one event they never miss – a fact made evident by the many pieces of our children’s artwork that line the walls of their Virginia Beach sign company, “Any and All Graphics.” They love the chance to dress up and spend a fun evening supporting ForKids. But buying art isn’t the only way Mark and Julie support ForKids. They also donate tirelessly of their time and energy to support the ForKids mission.
This year, Mark and Julie shared with ForKids another way that they have decided to help provide for the future of ForKids. They have generously designated the organization in their will. And this is not just any designation. Mark and Julie have bequeathed their amazing motorcycle collection to ForKids. There is one string attached, though – Mark requests that once we receive this gift ForKids should host a biker-themed Art Auction!
Expressing their belief in the ForKids mission, Mark and Julie use the skills and resources that they have available to help us help homeless families, even ensuring the future of our organization by including ForKids in their estate.
Your support makes a difference, whether big or small, immediate or future.
FrIeNDS OF ForKids
Berea Womens Fellowship
Drs. Alexander & Alexandria Berger
Sally Berger
Rosemary & Benyam Berhane
Joan & Bruce Berlin
Lisa Ehrich & Rob Bernstein
Joseph & Mildred Berryman
Bertini, O’Donnell & Hammer
Beta Sigma Phi, VA Alpha Gamma Master Chapter
Peter & Angela Bialobrzewski
Maria Biel
Bike & Build
Birdsong Corporation
Stuart Birkel & Nathalie Cassis
Kristie Bissell
Alan & Eve Blachman
Michael & Paula Blachman
Gayle C. Blackstone
Blackwater Art League
Jonathan Blackwell & Lisa Clay
Jeff & Laurie Bleh
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Alma R. Blythe
Nancy Blythe
Body of Christ Community Church
Jim & Joy Bolander
Bon Vivant At Governor’s Point, L.C.
Richard & Frances Bouey
Joe & Melanie Boyd
James & Dana Boykin
Beth Braden
Elizabeth Brickhouse
Jim Brinkman
Gary Broome
Rebecca Bump
William C. Bunch
John & Joann Burnham
Catherine Buski
Alice Buxbaum
James & Tobi Byrd
Tory Byrd
Joseph & Deniece Byrne
John & Julia Calder
Xavier Calderon
John & Diane Caldwell
Tony Calogrides
Christopher M. Calvert
Kat Calzini
Marianne & Bill Campbell
Michael Campbell
Todd & Debbie Campbell
Paul Campsen & Carrie White
Rob & Shannon Candler
Capital Concrete
Barbara Caretta
Joel & Martha Carp
Chelsy Carter
Lynda & Ted Carter
Cash Converters United, LLC
Christi A. Cassel
Debra Cathell
Kevin Cendella
Ellie Cesario & Kevin Keltz
Checkered Flag
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland
Annette & Mike Cherwa
Chesapeake United Soccer Club, West Ham United U-1
Billy & Lauren Chorey
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Chorey
Christ Sanctified Holy Church
Christ United Methodist Church
Neal & Linda Christopher
Church of the Advent
Eileen Churchill
Cinema Cafe-Greenbrier
Pete & Pam Ciula
Civitan Club of Norfolk
Evan Clark
Helen & Allen Clark
Jack & Marian Clark
Clark Nexsen
Rick & Connie Clarke
Ann Cleland
Claremont & Cynthia Clifton
Peter D. Coe
Sidika Colakoglu
Cathy Coleman
Christina & Bernard Coleman
Samantha Coleman
Gino & Grace Colombara
Colonial Place Riverview Civic League
Daniel Coogan
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cooper
Finley Cooperwood & John Miller
Maurice & Faye Copeland
James Corbin
Donna Counts
Mary Covell
Theresa Cowan
Stephen Cox & Jean Webster
360 IT
3D-M, LLC
A. Dodson’s Art of Living Well
Mike & Sondra Abbott
Carolyn Abron-McCadden
John & Heather Adams
Ron & Sharon Agresta
Richard & Christine Alexander
Bernice Allen
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority-Zeta Epsilon Omega Chapter
Alpha Delta Kappa
Cynthia Amaro
American Legion Auxiliary
American Systems Corporation
Amerigroup
Amerigroup Charitable Foundation
Amy Pesesky, P.L.C.
Anders Williams & Company
Katherine Ange
Jill & Scott Anglin
Antioch United Church of Christ
Kay & Joe Antle
Clarke & Carey Armentrout
The Art Institutes International
Arviso, Inc.
Ashman Distributing Company
Charles & Marcia Atherton
Kristen Atterbury & Alfred Applewhaite
Yvonne E. Aucoin
Frank & Wendy Auerbach
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Clark & Kelly Avery
John & Mary Azud
Betty J. Backus
Larry & Nancy Bagranoff
Stacey & Johnny Bailey
Jill & Patrick Baker
Joshua Baker
Sabrina & Paul Balesi
Keith Bangel
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank of America United Way Campaign
Sherry & Pat Banks
Michelle Barger
Sandra E. Barkley
Wesley & Diana Barnes
Joan Louise Barry
Richard F. Barry III
Marlene Bass
Charles & Janet Bassford
Tom Batchelder
Mavis & Rich Bates
Bay Area Electrical Service
Bayview United Church of Christ
Charles & Ruth Bazzell
BBG, Incorporated
David & Christine Beatty
Bel-Star
John & Joanne Benedict
Lindsay & Ed Bennett
FiNANCiAL SUPPORTERS NOVEMBER 1, 2010 – APRiL 30, 2011
Mark and Julie “rev Up” Their Support in a Big Way
On April 2nd, more than 500 ForKids supporters came
together in their red-shoe finery for a magical night of
food, fun and fantastic children’s art for this year’s 10th
Anniversary ForKids Children’s Art Auction and Casino
Night. The Wizard of Oz themed event, “There’s No Place
Like Home,” proved to be the most successful art auction in
ForKids history! Thanks to your generous support, 20% of
our budget was raised on that one amazing night!
There really is NO PLACe LIKe HOMe!
Join the ForKids Legacy Society by making a planned gift. For more information, please contact Kaitlin Robb at (757) 622-6400 x112 or [email protected].
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Jeff Craig
Marti Craver
Mary & Jeff Creekmore
Stan & Nancy Crockett
Richard Cromwell
Harry & Alice Cross
Kate & Lee Cross
Samuel & Laverne Crown
Cub Scout Pack #73
Judy Cullifer
Juan Keith Cunningham
Thom & Becky Curtis
Customer Magnetism
Cypress Chapel Christian Church
Diana & Matt Dalton
Lauren D’Amico
Paul & Laura Danks
Patti Davidson
Ann Davies
Constance & Stuart Davis
Neal Davis
Wayne DeAtley & Connie Ciccolella
Donna DeChant
Marie & Robert Deegan
Lena B. DeLelys
James Dellaripa
Delta Kappa Gamma
Delta Sigma Lambda Alumni Sorority
Tina Desir
John & Sally DeVan
William & Alicia Devine
Cindy Dillon
Dog-n-Burger
DOMA Technologies, LLC
Dominion Employee Giving Program
Norma Dorey
Charles & Juanita Dowdy
Naomi Downey
Robert & Vicky Doxey
Dr. Charles O’Dea
Joyce Drew
Mark & Rebecca Dreyfus
Driver Elementary School
Barbara Ferrell Dryer
Jacqueline W. Dudley
Terrence & Margaret Duffey
Mr. Brian Dunning
E S Webster Foundation
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Dan & Susan Edwards
David & Shelly Edwards
Rob & Jen Edwards
Gretchen Edwards-Bodmer
Elizabeth River Lawn & Landscape, Inc.
Dawna Ellis
Cheryl & Mike Erbach
Karl & Mary Erickson
Elizabeth Etheridge
Robert & Elizabeth Evans
Dean Everton
Faith Wesleyan Church
Family & Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia
Farm Fresh Pharmacy
Karen Farquer
Paul & Jean Farrell
Joanna Felts
Craig & Michelle Ferber
Mary Ferguson
Pamela A. Ferguson
Julianne R. Fetterly
Paul & Marie Finch
Therese Finch
Kim & Andrew Fink
Robert & Dana Fink
First Baptist Church
First Potomac Realty Trust
Jeff Fisher
Paul & Maureen Flannagan
Anne & Lawrence Fleder
Vernon & Amy Flora
Lashawn Fortes
Scott Fowler & Amy Gelfand
Robert & Alice Frady
Paul & Lynn Francois
Franklin Area AARP
Franklin-Southampton Area United Way
Lisa Fraser
Andy & Barbara Friedman
John & Mary Froehler
Rowena & Peter Fullinwider
John H. Furr
Kyle & Billy Furr
Gannett Foundation
Ron & Paula Garrison
Capt. Carlisle Gatje USN (Ret)
The Geekettes Club
Ghent Chiropractic
Lucy & Paul Gibney
Jessica & Peter Gilden
Myron & Nanci Glassman
Global Supply Solutions, LLC
Frances Glover
Golden Girls, LLC
Jane Goldman & Ron Dyer
Gay V. Goldsmith
Mark Gonsenhauser
David & Susan Goode
Peter Goode
Howard & Sandra Gordon
Winston & Eleanor Gouldin
Dick & Elizabeth Gray
Paul & Dee Dee Gregoire
Bill Griswold
Ray & Deb Gromelski
Gromelski & Associates
Ann & Bob Gurnee
Conrad & Marie Haas
Debbi Haddaway
Priscilla S. Haley
Barbara Hall
Scott Halsey
Kenneth & Kathleen Halstead
Michael Hamar
Pamela Y. Hampton
John & Patricia Hanawalt
Hansen Foundation
Eric & Yvonne Hanson
Harbor Front Kiwanis Club Civic Action
Bob & Pearl Harrell
Jennifer Harrell
Amy Harrington
Henry U. & Eleanor Harris
Peebles & Avery Harrison
Edward & Joan Hart
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Kimberlee & James Harvey
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Mindi & Judge Haugen
Charlie & Donna Henderson
Vikki Henderson
Harland Hendricks & Jonida Shtrepi-Hendricks
Leslie & William Hennessey
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John Hensley
Doris & Buck Higginbotham
Dr. Robert & Dorothy Hill
Martha Hillegas
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Paul & Susan Hirschbiel
George & Betsi Hnath
Chris Holloway
Holy Neck Christian Church
Mike & Liz Hopkins
Chuck & MaryBeth Horton
Nicole & Michael Hostutler
June J. Hoye
Dr. Michael & Beverly Huckman
Larry & Sally Hull
Bruce W. Husselbee
Hustead’s Canvas Creations
Melissa Hutchings
IssueTrak, Inc.
ITA International LLC
David & Gail Iwans
J & A Racing
Leroy & Caroline Jackson
Charlotta Jacobson-Allen
James L. Mclemore Bible Class
David & Kendra Jarrell
Angela M. Jenkins
The Jewish Mother
Jeffrey & Sherry Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Dianne Johnston
Sam & Anne Jones
Martin & Rebecca Joseph
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John & Susan Judd
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Debra & Don Keeling
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LaRhonda McLean
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Phil McPhail
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Mechdyne Corporation
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Miles Memorial United Methodist Women
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Brian & Tammy Milliken
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Monarch Charities, Inc.
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NAIFA-Tidewater
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Norfolk Academy
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ODU Institute for Learning in Retirement
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Optimist Club of Norfolk VA, Inc.
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Jeff Craig
Marti Craver
Mary & Jeff Creekmore
Stan & Nancy Crockett
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IssueTrak, Inc.
ITA International LLC
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iN HONOR OF THE ABBOTT FAMiLy Mike & Sondra Abbott
iN HONOR OF LyNN ADAMS Patti and Davis Kiger
iN HONOR OF ANN BABASHANiAN Debbi Haddaway
iN HONOR OF NAN & STEVE BALAS Sidika Colakoglu
iN HONOR OF NiLGUN & STEVE BALAS Sidika Colakoglu
iN HONOR OF ESTHER BATCHELDER Tom Batchelder
iN HONOR OF MARiE CENEDELLA Kevin Cendella
iN HONOR OF ANN FALLON Andrea & Chuck Wistar
iN HONOR OF MARiE FiNCH Gino & Grace Colombara Anne M. Ray
iN HONOR OF ANDREW FiNK Edward & Betsy Karotkin Alice & Eric Werner
iN HONOR OF GRACE HADDAD Thomas & Donna Henniger
iN HONOR OF KATHy HALES & JERRy MCCLOSKEy
Thelma Anne Starke
iN HONOR OF THE HANLEy FAMiLy Jessica & Peter Gilden
iN HONOR OF JOHN HARRELL & MARy LAWRENCE HARRELL
Bob & Pearl Harrell
iN HONOR OF HUNTER HARRiNGTON Amy Harrington
iN HONOR OF MANUCO HiDALGO Mary Louis LeHew
iN HONOR OF BARBARA HULL Alan Sonner
iN HONOR OF RAyMOND KEy Joyce Drew
iN HONOR OF EVELyN KNiGHT Lynn Knight
iN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE JOSEPH P. MASSEy
Whitney & Ellen Saunders
iN HONOR OF SUSAN OCHSENBEiN Edward Lynch
iN HONOR OF DOROTHy PARR John & Darlene Parr
iN HONOR OF CANCER PATiENTS Stuart Birkel & Nathalie Cassis
iN HONOR OF SUSAN PiLATO & DONNA COUNTS
Pilato & Counts Interior Design
iN HONOR OF ANDREW RACHELS Allison Rachels
iN HONOR OF JACKSON RADFORD Lena B. DeLelys
iN HONOR OF JOSEPH REAGAN Ian Reagan
iN HONOR OF THE SALON LADiES Eleanor Smith
iN HONOR OF MANDy & JENNy SHOEMAKER David & Daphne Wolfe
iN HONOR OF EDWARD & JEAN SNyDER Checkered Flag
iN HONOR OF ALAN SONNER Barbara Hall
iN HONOR OF ANN SULLiVAN Marie Sullivan
iN HONOR OF PAT WALSH Scott Walsh Stephanie Walsh
iN HONOR OF DREW & AVA WiNTERSTEiN Gretchen Winterstein
iN HONOR OF CHUCK & ANDREA WiSTAR Nancy Maloy
iN HONOR OF BiLL & SABRA yOUNG Jim & Joy Bolander Jack & Paula Young
iN MEMORy OF REBECCA BURLiNGAME Guy & Winship Tower
iN MEMORy OF BiLL DiLLON John Upton
iN MEMORy OF RHODA MACKEy Cathy Coleman
iN MEMORy OF DENiSE RODRiqUES Dawn & Albert Myers
iN MEMORy OF SAMANTHA TROST Joe & Melia Trost
iN MEMORy OF VERONiCA WARD Kathleen Pearce & Cynthia Schmid
iN MEMORy OF JULiA WOLF Charles & Janet Bassford Todd & Debbie Campbell Billy & Lauren Chorey Mr. & Mrs. William L. Chorey Maurice & Faye Copeland Jacqueline W. Dudley Marjorie R. McLemore Susan & Fred O'Connell Geoffrey & Stella Payne Christopher & Penny Sherard Jane Van Landingham
Honors and Memorials
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Vaughn Rinner
Melanie & Reginald Rivera
Richard Rivia
Ray & Kaitlin Robb
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Robb Jr.
Laura Robb
Robert W. Hayes Company, Inc.
Jason Robertson & Aften Van Hoozen
Thomas, Wilma & Evelyn Robinson
Howard & Laurel Rodman
Jae Roe
Kevin & Margaret Roomsberg
Terry Rose
Jennifer Rosenberg
Carol B. Rosenblatt
Jeanne P. Ross
Martha & Ray Rountree
Marcia Royal
Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church
Margaret Rudesheim
Crystal & Gerald Ruggles
Richard & Mary Rumble
David & Debbie Russell
Rick & Pat Russell
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Whitney & Ellen Saunders
Saunders & Matthews, PLLC
Jennifer Saunders Pfitzner
John & Elisabeth Sawyer
John & Angie Say
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David & Michelle Schinderle
Kathy Bailey & Paul Schleier
Jim & Kim Schmidt
Lynn Schoenbaum
John Schonk
Jean & Bob Schonk Charitable Trust
Donald & Kimberly Schultz
Schwab Charitable Fund
William & Martha Schwegler
Kenneth A. Scruggs
Margaret W. Scurlock
Second Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church, Youth Group
Sentara Health Foundation
Sentara Healthcare Materials Management Department
Gene & Linda Shannon
Philip & Phyllis Shannon
Grant & Carolyn Shaw
Kyla & Nick Shawyer
Carolyn Shedrick
Christopher & Penny Sherard
Karen & Norman Shields
Stuart H. Shippey
Joan Shoemaker
Mandy & Jennifer Shoemaker
Jeremy & Dianne Shulman
Signature Printing & Graphics
Silverchair Science & Communications, Inc.
Britt & Shelly Simon
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Del & Brenda Slaughter
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Brian A. Smith
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David & Elaine Smith
Eleanor Smith
Lisa Smith & Maurice Jones
Tod & Kenya Smith
Emilie Smoke
Kevin & Brenda Snashall
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Daniel & Pam Snyder
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James Squires & Karen Jones Squires
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Stihl, Inc
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Style Shop
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Jeffrey & Suzanne Talbert
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Kurt & Kathlyn Taylor-Gaubatz
Sandra TeWalt
Janice M. Thaler
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
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Joe & Melia Trost
Troy Williams Construction, LLC
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John Upton
Lynn Upton-Sykes
Anne & Joseph Urbi
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Tony Warburton
Helen Ward
Roy & Nancy Ward
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Warden Family Foundation
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Darlene Jader Waters
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Capt. Thomas Weaver, USN, RET
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Caroline P. Webb
Robert Weeks
Ruth Weinberg
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Edward & Janis Weisberg
Braden & Krystal Weldy
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
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Linda Wetherington
Nicholas Wheeler III
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Anonymous
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iN HONOR OF THE ABBOTT FAMiLy Mike & Sondra Abbott
iN HONOR OF LyNN ADAMS Patti and Davis Kiger
iN HONOR OF ANN BABASHANiAN Debbi Haddaway
iN HONOR OF NAN & STEVE BALAS Sidika Colakoglu
iN HONOR OF NiLGUN & STEVE BALAS Sidika Colakoglu
iN HONOR OF ESTHER BATCHELDER Tom Batchelder
iN HONOR OF MARiE CENEDELLA Kevin Cendella
iN HONOR OF ANN FALLON Andrea & Chuck Wistar
iN HONOR OF MARiE FiNCH Gino & Grace Colombara Anne M. Ray
iN HONOR OF ANDREW FiNK Edward & Betsy Karotkin Alice & Eric Werner
iN HONOR OF GRACE HADDAD Thomas & Donna Henniger
iN HONOR OF KATHy HALES & JERRy MCCLOSKEy
Thelma Anne Starke
iN HONOR OF THE HANLEy FAMiLy Jessica & Peter Gilden
iN HONOR OF JOHN HARRELL & MARy LAWRENCE HARRELL
Bob & Pearl Harrell
iN HONOR OF HUNTER HARRiNGTON Amy Harrington
iN HONOR OF MANUCO HiDALGO Mary Louis LeHew
iN HONOR OF BARBARA HULL Alan Sonner
iN HONOR OF RAyMOND KEy Joyce Drew
iN HONOR OF EVELyN KNiGHT Lynn Knight
iN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE JOSEPH P. MASSEy
Whitney & Ellen Saunders
iN HONOR OF SUSAN OCHSENBEiN Edward Lynch
iN HONOR OF DOROTHy PARR John & Darlene Parr
iN HONOR OF CANCER PATiENTS Stuart Birkel & Nathalie Cassis
iN HONOR OF SUSAN PiLATO & DONNA COUNTS
Pilato & Counts Interior Design
iN HONOR OF ANDREW RACHELS Allison Rachels
iN HONOR OF JACKSON RADFORD Lena B. DeLelys
iN HONOR OF JOSEPH REAGAN Ian Reagan
iN HONOR OF THE SALON LADiES Eleanor Smith
iN HONOR OF MANDy & JENNy SHOEMAKER David & Daphne Wolfe
iN HONOR OF EDWARD & JEAN SNyDER Checkered Flag
iN HONOR OF ALAN SONNER Barbara Hall
iN HONOR OF ANN SULLiVAN Marie Sullivan
iN HONOR OF PAT WALSH Scott Walsh Stephanie Walsh
iN HONOR OF DREW & AVA WiNTERSTEiN Gretchen Winterstein
iN HONOR OF CHUCK & ANDREA WiSTAR Nancy Maloy
iN HONOR OF BiLL & SABRA yOUNG Jim & Joy Bolander Jack & Paula Young
iN MEMORy OF REBECCA BURLiNGAME Guy & Winship Tower
iN MEMORy OF BiLL DiLLON John Upton
iN MEMORy OF RHODA MACKEy Cathy Coleman
iN MEMORy OF DENiSE RODRiqUES Dawn & Albert Myers
iN MEMORy OF SAMANTHA TROST Joe & Melia Trost
iN MEMORy OF VERONiCA WARD Kathleen Pearce & Cynthia Schmid
iN MEMORy OF JULiA WOLF Charles & Janet Bassford Todd & Debbie Campbell Billy & Lauren Chorey Mr. & Mrs. William L. Chorey Maurice & Faye Copeland Jacqueline W. Dudley Marjorie R. McLemore Susan & Fred O'Connell Geoffrey & Stella Payne Christopher & Penny Sherard Jane Van Landingham
Honors and Memorials
FAMILY matters
Vaughn Rinner
Melanie & Reginald Rivera
Richard Rivia
Ray & Kaitlin Robb
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Robb Jr.
Laura Robb
Robert W. Hayes Company, Inc.
Jason Robertson & Aften Van Hoozen
Thomas, Wilma & Evelyn Robinson
Howard & Laurel Rodman
Jae Roe
Kevin & Margaret Roomsberg
Terry Rose
Jennifer Rosenberg
Carol B. Rosenblatt
Jeanne P. Ross
Martha & Ray Rountree
Marcia Royal
Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church
Margaret Rudesheim
Crystal & Gerald Ruggles
Richard & Mary Rumble
David & Debbie Russell
Rick & Pat Russell
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Whitney & Ellen Saunders
Saunders & Matthews, PLLC
Jennifer Saunders Pfitzner
John & Elisabeth Sawyer
John & Angie Say
Brian & Jacqueline Schaefgen
David & Michelle Schinderle
Kathy Bailey & Paul Schleier
Jim & Kim Schmidt
Lynn Schoenbaum
John Schonk
Jean & Bob Schonk Charitable Trust
Donald & Kimberly Schultz
Schwab Charitable Fund
William & Martha Schwegler
Kenneth A. Scruggs
Margaret W. Scurlock
Second Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church, Youth Group
Sentara Health Foundation
Sentara Healthcare Materials Management Department
Gene & Linda Shannon
Philip & Phyllis Shannon
Grant & Carolyn Shaw
Kyla & Nick Shawyer
Carolyn Shedrick
Christopher & Penny Sherard
Karen & Norman Shields
Stuart H. Shippey
Joan Shoemaker
Mandy & Jennifer Shoemaker
Jeremy & Dianne Shulman
Signature Printing & Graphics
Silverchair Science & Communications, Inc.
Britt & Shelly Simon
Carol Simpson
Del & Brenda Slaughter
Beverly Smith
Brian A. Smith
Cleteus & Catherine Smith
David & Elaine Smith
Eleanor Smith
Lisa Smith & Maurice Jones
Tod & Kenya Smith
Emilie Smoke
Kevin & Brenda Snashall
Lisa Metton & Philip Snider
Daniel & Pam Snyder
Barbara Sobaski
Felicia Solomon
Alan Sonner
Sons of American Legion Post 327
Southeastern Virginia Chapter CAI
Shereka Spencer
Bruce & Sandy Spiro
Randi Spivey
Rob & Sybil Spurgeon
James Squires & Karen Jones Squires
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Suffolk
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Norfolk
Tracy Stafford
Thelma Anne Starke
Lee & Earlene Starkey
Kelly Stefanko
Tom & Ellie Steffens
Mark Steiner
Gail S. Stenberg
Neil Stevens & Karen Duncan
Stihl, Inc
Janet Stokley
Jonathon R. H. Storm
Stephen & Ann Story
Style Shop
Alonda Suber
Suffolk 60 Care
Suffolk Christian Church
The Suffolk Foundation
Marie Sullivan
Suntrust United Way Campaign
Charles & Barbara Sutelan
Corinne Christine Sykes
Tabernacle United Methodist Church
Jeffrey & Suzanne Talbert
Jonelle Tate
George & Nancy Tatterson
Taylor Johnson Group, Towne Insurance
Kurt & Kathlyn Taylor-Gaubatz
Sandra TeWalt
Janice M. Thaler
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Theta Chi Alumni Association
Theta Chi Fraternity
Sulpicio & Eli Ticar
Thomas & Carolyn Tiller
Brian Scott Tilley
Dale & Sandra Tingley
Dan & MaryAnn Toboz
Nan Toppin
Angelo & Elaine Torre
Hernani Tosoc
Guy & Winship Tower
Amanda Trent
Joe & Melia Trost
Troy Williams Construction, LLC
Tina Truman
Robert Tuleya
Karen Twiddy
Jeanne & John Ullian
Unilever United States Foundation, Inc.
United Methodist Women of Community Meth. Church
United Way of South Hampton Roads
John Upton
Lynn Upton-Sykes
Anne & Joseph Urbi
The USAA Foundation
Veronique & Rey Valencia
Barbara Van Buren
Jane Van Landingham
Richard & Julie Marie Vander Burg
Alicia Vanderspiegel
Alesandra Venee
Mike Veraldi
Virginia Chapter of NATP
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Virginia Natural Gas
The Virginian-Pilot
Jan & Heather Von Dobeneck
Alan & Jody Wagner
Edwin & Kathy Waitzer
Neil & Pat Walsh
Scott Walsh
Stephanie A. Walsh
Susan & Craig
Tony Warburton
Helen Ward
Roy & Nancy Ward
Wardell Orthopedics, P.C.
Warden Family Foundation
Wards Corner Chiropractic
Glenda Warner
Darlene Jader Waters
James & Miriam Watrous
Michael & Rachael Watson
Capt. Thomas Weaver, USN, RET
Audrey P. Webb
Caroline P. Webb
Robert Weeks
Ruth Weinberg
Jan Weintraub
Edward & Janis Weisberg
Braden & Krystal Weldy
Robert & Janice Wells
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Alice & Eric Werner
Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church
Linda Wetherington
Nicholas Wheeler III
Glen & Cindy White
Andy & Tracy Whited
Walter & Betty Whitehurst
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ForKids
4200 Colley Avenue Suite A
PO Box 6044
Norfolk VA 23508
(757) 622-6400
www.homesforkids.org
4200 Colley Avenue Suite A
PO Box 6044
Norfolk VA 23508
TEL: (757) 622-6400 | FAX: (757) 622-3837
TAX ID 54-1477799
SPRING 2011OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
Just over two years ago, before coming to ForKids, 5-year-old Sammy and his mom endured horrific physical and mental abuse by Sammy’s father. In fact, theirs was perhaps the worst case of domestic violence in ForKids’ history. Sammy had seen and endured more in his young life than anyone should face in a lifetime. He lost his big brother, who was sent to live with another family member, and Sammy missed so many days of school that he barely passed kindergarten and was far behind other students his age. Sammy’s young life was a nightmare.
Sammy and his mom came to ForKids and entered Haven House Emergency Shelter.
That’s where the healing began. When Sammy first arrived, he was terrified to go to sleep at night because of the horribly vivid nightmares he was having as a result of his trauma. But working with the ForKids Children’s Therapist, he devised a plan. Sammy created a special sign to hang on his door every night before bed that read,
“NO MONSTERS ALLOWED.” Gradually, with regular therapy for both Sammy and his mom and lots of structure and care, the scared and sometimes aggressive little boy developed confidence, self-esteem and a sense of safety.
Meanwhile, Sammy’s case manager got him enrolled in school and made sure he
No Monsters AllowedLOOK AT THAT GRIN. It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to hurt
Sammy, much less his own dad. Yet, that’s how his young life began.
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“I wouldn’t want your job,” someone said, hearing about our budget cuts and the exploding need for services. But today my job is unquestionably the best job in the world. Antonio came to visit.
Antonio is one of “my” kids but I hadn’t seen him in years. We met when he was five, and I saw him almost daily for six years. He’s 20 now and his mother asked me to meet with him because he dropped out of TCC. Antonio’s working at a fast food job he hates and she’s worried he’s losing hope and losing ground.
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