by Brittany Bateman | May 9, 2017 | Anniversary Series
Stories are often shared over meals at Youth Without Shelter (YWS). Nancy called YWS to arrange a date for a team of volunteers from her church to provide and serve a “home cooked” meal to YWS’s 50 youth. While visiting the shelter Nancy was asked how she learned...
by Brittany Bateman | Mar 7, 2017 | Anniversary Series
Winona’s father punished her not only with words of anger but with angry fists. Winona knew she had to leave home for her own survival. She set aside money each week from her pay cheque but it was not enough to afford a place of her own. The turning point was when...
by Brittany Bateman | Feb 28, 2017 | Anniversary Series
*Name has been changed to maintain confidentiality. At 14 years old, he was living with his alcoholic father. In his father’s home he became a statistic, one of the 47% of homeless youth who report being physically abused by a family member. By his fifteenth...
by Brittany Bateman | Feb 21, 2017 | Anniversary Series
He desperately needed a place to stay, and more immediately food and a bed. He was at a turning point in his life, having been homeless for much of his teen years, calling the street home, and in and out of shelters and jail. A phone call brought him to Youth...
by Brittany Bateman | Feb 9, 2017 | Anniversary Series
Walk through Jay’s elementary school and you will see his name front and center on the honour student recognition wall. Graduating into high school Jay felt tremendous pressure to continue to excel at school. To relieve that pressure Jay began to self-harm by cutting...
