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March 5, 2013

The following is a letter written some years ago to a parent by a boy in the residential program. It’s copied verbatim. “Hi, Mom – I don’t know why you wrote me because you haven’t written me for two years. I don’t see a point behind it at all. Mom you tell that you miss me...

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Mentoring
March 5, 2013

[caption id="attachment_2212" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Linda and Chalyssa"][/caption] “I appreciate him because he spends a lot of time with me. Pretty much he’s like family with ours.” “I learned from her how to do my manners…” “How to eat lots of vegetables…” “Thank you for not giving up on me.” These are just a few of the things protégés from the...

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February 4, 2013

Henri J. M. Nouwen in his book “The Way of the Heart” quotes Thomas Merton – “Society, as regarded by the desert fathers, was a shipwreck from which each single individual man had to swim for his life. These were men who believed that to let one’s self drift along, passively accepting the tenants and...

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Mentoring
February 4, 2013

Smiles, sugar cookies, and Christmas music were the order of the day at the Youth Horizons Mentoring Christmas Party over the holidays. The party was held Dec. 15th at Pathway Church. The event was an opportunity for mentors, protégés and their families to come together and celebrate the Christmas season. Each child in the mentoring...

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February 4, 2013

It’s the middle of winter and that means we are thinking about running! The 2013 Easter Sun Run is coming soon. With Easter earlier in the year, the run will be held March 30 at Sedgwick County Park. The event is one of the Midwest’s top road races. The Sun Run got its start in 1994 with...

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December 28, 2012

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…” By the time the curtain had closed on a second sold-out house at the Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre, more than 800 people had attended the Youth Horizons Benefit Christmas Concert. The concert was held December 3 and 4 at the Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre. This was the first year there...