Thomas House Family Shelter

While working as a youth leader, we collaborated with Thomas House Family Shelter and met many young children from the shelter who seem to have a tough beginning. We were able to speak to these children and we came to understand that many of them stay in the shelter because their family has some financial difficulty which prevents them from having their own house. We realized that the situation they are undergoing reflects on a larger issue – social mobility. After further research, we discovered that one way of helping them to change their social economic status is to develop relationships with them which would allow the children at the shelter to recognize and see the possibility of a bigger world and the potential to change their current social status. With this in mind, we decided to deliver cakes, cards, and small gifts to their shelter to make sure that they know that we are always here for them if they ever want to talk or need any guidance.