Meg at PigTown needs our help. Hell, everybody that works in the non-profit sector needs our help. Can you imagine being a cast-off…essentially a child that society doesn’t much care about? A child who is one hundred percent dependent on the efforts of Meg and her colleagues as well as the kindness of folks like us? Here’s MegTown’s (my nickname for her) own words…..
If you’ve been reading Pigtown*Design for a while, you might know that my “real” job is as the Director of Development for the Woodbourne Center. We are one of the oldest charities in the United States and were founded in 1798, after the American Revolution. We care for children who have behavioural and mental health issues and who have suffered from severe traumatic events, including abuse, neglect, addictions and poverty.
This year has been one of the most difficult years in memory for raising money. Foundations, corporations and individuals are all cutting back on their giving. The state has cut their funds drastically and has even asked us to give 2% back!!
As economic conditions worsen, it is often children who suffer. Their parents are more stressed than ever and their frustration is sometimes taken out on their children, who then act out and get into trouble at home and at school. They are often the unseen casualties in the economic climate.
But, through wars and depressions, in good times and bad, Woodbourne has been a refuge for these children, providing them with a safe place to recover from the traumatic events which have scarred their young lives.
Stay tuned for the “two feet of snow LFG and ADG adventure that includes getting stranded at Union Station in DC yesterday-giving up on making the seven mile journey home-cocktails-dinner and a hundred dollar Gypsy Cab trip back to the Casa”…riveting.
Onward-less fifty bucks
ADG and LFG
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