Mary Reilly, who co-emceed the event along with Liz Kelly, posed for a photo along with event keynote speaker, LaMonte Morgan.
The 2019 Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures breakfast fundraiser for Looking Glass, held on Tuesday November 12th at Venue 252, highlighted the magnitude of programs and services Looking Glass offers while showcasing the variety of education programs offered and from keynote speaker LaMonte Morgan focusing the effort of the community to invest in youth as preventative work.
LaMonte told his personal story of overcoming adversity as a troubled youth growing up on the Oregon coast. Having struggled for years with addiction and several stints in prison, LaMonte found his calling in working with drug and alcohol addiction clients and prison reform efforts. His speech relayed the importance of investing in youth to help them avoid the pitfalls of the homeless to prison pipeline. His comments concluded with a lovely quote from a mentor of his that “even broken crayons still color.” LaMonte now works for Emergence as a court liaison for Adult and Veteran Treatment.
The event was co-emceed by Mary Reilly and Liz Kelly of Mix 94.5 FM.
The video at top of this post was debuted at the event, which highlights the many education programs Looking Glass offers as well as a couple of success stories from those programs.
The event was sponsored by Hamilton Construction and also had support from Besamann/Valentine, Les Schwab and The Register-Guard.
Title sponsor Hamilton Construction representative Neal Spoon with Looking Glass CEO Craig Opperman.