Updates from Looking Glass
November is Runaway and Homeless Youth Awareness month. In Lane County alone, there are over 2,000 homeless youth. Looking Glass Station 7, New Roads, and Looking Glass Rural Program offer many services to help our community's youth in crisis. From family reunification, shelter, food, clothing, education, counseling, and job search help, Looking Glass is the largest provider of services for runaway and homeless youth in Lane County.
Data from Children First for Oregon
Looking forward to some grilled cheese in support of Looking Glass Station 7! Thank you to Kappa Delta- University of Oregon for supporting youth in crisis in our community
Check out the event details here if you'd like to come show your support and get some yummy food ---> https://www.facebook.com/events/1546589355404843/
Eugene Active 20-30 Club #920 is a great supporter of Looking Glass. Not only do they support us through their volunteering efforts, but also through generous grants. This $1,500 will go towards helping foster youth at our PITCH Program buy basic needs (socks, underwear, etc.). Many foster youth come to PITCH with almost nothing, so this will go a long way in helping our community's disadvantaged youth!
Want to see the impact that Looking Glass has had on Lane County for the past year? Check out our 2017 Annual Report by following the below link!
"Venessa" at age 19 came to New Roads when she was seven months pregnant and living out of her car. She had fled her abusive boyfriend two months before. One day while waiting for a meal at a local food bank, Venessa was approached by the New Roads Street Outreach team and the next day she completed an intake process at New Roads. She met with her Case Manager weekly and was able to get enrolled into the Rapid Rehousing Program. A week before her due date, Venessa moved into her own apartment. Venessa has now been housed in her own apartment for almost 10 months. She is the mother of a healthy baby girl and she reports that she has “never felt this stable in my life.”
Now that's a pile of coats! Thank you to Eugene Active 20-30 Club #920 and all the community members who donated coats to help our clients stay warm this winter and for years to come.
Thank you to our friends at Columbia Bank (formerly Pacific Continental) who came to our Pathways Girls Program to do some much needed yard work. We can't provide our high quality of care and treatment without the support of volunteers!
Have you heard about our newly launched PITCH Program? Our new residential treatment program fills the gap of services for foster youth populations who are at risk of becoming incarcerated or marginalized, or who have nowhere else to go. Children at PITCH are provided short term safe housing and targeted treatment services with 24-hour supervision. At Looking Glass we are always updating our services for the needs of our community.
Coats for Kids is a community-wide event that The Eugene Active 20-30 Club has supported for more than 20 years! Club members join forces to find coats for local kids in need. Coat donation bins are placed in local businesses in and around Eugene and Springfield in October each fall. The coats are then taken to several local dry cleaners who donate their services to clean them! After the coats have been cleaned, our members sort and distribute them to local organizations that help support the needs of underprivileged children. The club’s goal is to collect and distribute over 2,600 coats in our community! Thank you to those who help make that possible!
Looking Glass is a recipient this year of the Coats for Kids Campaign. Look out for a bin near you to help a child in need!Thanks to Eugene Active 20-30 Club and the great work they do for our community and Looking Glass!
Visit for more information: https://eugene2030.org/c4k/
Today we are launching a group for current and former volunteers and interns to stay in touch. All interns and volunteers can join and make sure to share with any fellow Looking Glass interns or volunteers that you know!
Facebook Group: Looking Glass Volunteers and Interns
Great article on the importance of providing students with mental health services and nutritious food to make sure they can succeed in school. Looking Glass Riverfront School & Career Center, Center Point School, and New Roads School provide a variety of services beyond education so our students have the chance to graduate High School or attain a GED.
Read the article here --> Wraparound Services: The Next Phase of Education Reform
"Shannon" at Looking Glass Riverfront School & Career Center struggles with mental health issues including anxiety and PTSD from past trauma. She grew up in a home with an alcoholic mother and the chaotic home life led Shannon to drop out of high school. She was reluctant to come to GED classes at Riverfront because of her anxiety, but Riverfront worked with her one-on-one and helped her gain the skills to study on her own. Shannon recently passed three of her GED tests with high scores and plans on attending community college in the fall.
At Looking Glass we strive to serve our clients in any way we can, doing what it takes to help our clients reach their goals
