Life Skills Programs

Mission Buys Former Nursing Home for Mens Shelter
KOLR 10 - The Victory Mission in Springfield has announced it will close its transitional shelter on Commercial Street, while opening a new, larger shelter just to the west. Mission representatives took neighbors for a tour of the new building Wednesday. The

Golf Philanthropist Keeps Youths Out of the Rough
Washington Post - James Garvin grew up in a two-room shack with no running water or indoor plumbing in the tiny South Florida town of Immokalee. One of five children, he picked fruit and vegetables at near-poverty wages as a child and might still be working the fields

The War On Ice: "We've Had Success"
KHNL News 8 - (KHNL) It's a drug that has affected many people in Hawaii. In 2003, the lieutenant governor organized a drug summit to tackle the ice epidemic. Three years later,what kind of progress has the state made in the war on ice? You'll find it in every

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Conference on Global Literacy
ed.gov - As honorary ambassador for the United Nation's Decade of Literacy, Mrs. Laura Bush today announced an upcoming Conference on Global Literacy to be held in September in New York. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Department of