by Shelter | Jun 10, 2019 | News
Scene I: Present day – Your neighborhood, a house on your street: Fourteen- year-old Ashley sneaks out of the house. She’s afraid the next beating from her father will break her bones, even though he’s convinced her it’s her own fault. She’s too afraid to tell...
by Shelter | Jun 6, 2019 | News
In 1970, one year after the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York, June was designated Gay Pride Month. June is a time to recognize all the positive influence the LGBTQ has had around the world, and society has come a long way in the last 50 years. But not...
by Shelter | May 22, 2019 | News
Shelter is very excited to welcome our new Accounting Manager, Lisa Geirlach, who adds even more sunshine to our administrative offices. Lisa was born and raised in the Chicago area, before moving to Michigan. Her education has been diverse, first earning her BA in...
by Shelter | May 8, 2019 | News
For the month of May, sandwiched between National Asparagus Month and Salsa Month on nationaldaycalendar.com is National Foster Care Month. All 38 causes listed were published equally, so why pay attention to Foster Care in particular? Since the last report, neither...
by Shelter | Apr 30, 2019 | News
Written by Pat Cinquini Shock waves spread across the nation when the body of five-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake, IL was found in a shallow grave April 24th five days after his father reported him missing. AJ’s parents were charged with his murder for torturing...
by Shelter | Apr 22, 2019 | News
Between the 1960s and 1980s, public service announcements on television would ask at 10 pm when curfew began, “Do you know where your children are?” Today, a more appropriate announcement would be “It’s April. Do you know where your children are?” In 2016, studies...
