Our Origins kids got to go on an AWESOME field trip to Westminster College to join in on their "Little Siblings" weekend. Each of our kids were linked up with ...a group of college buddies for the day, and got to take part in some pretty fun activities! Thank you for all of the Westminster [...]
By Jessica Shelenberger New Castle News NCNewsOnline.com Haliegh Lee needed some variety in her life. “I wanted to do other stuff besides just hanging around with my friends,” said Lee, a 13-year-old New Castle resident, who, with her neon blue-dyed hair and sky blue-colored contacts clearly isn’t afraid to take a risk. “We’d just walk [...]
Lawrence County Social Services, Inc., Youth Services America and State Farm awarded Cray Youth and Family Services, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lawrence County program a mini grant to host a volunteer project as part of the 2015 Global Youth Service Day. Global Youth Service Day Grants support volunteer projects that engage youth and address [...]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lawrence County received a $2,500 donation from the Monsanto Fund on behalf of Lawrence County farmer Kathleen Wilson. Kathleen selected Big Brothers Big Sisters to receive the donation through America's Farmers grow Communities. America's Farmers Grow Communities recognizes the important contributions farmers make, and helps them to grow communities by supporting [...]
It was the fall of 2011 when Alison and Chris Thompson joined Cray as foster parents. Since becoming foster parents they grew from a family of two to a family of five, making their home a forever home for D’Wayne, Kayla, and Isaiah. The Thompson’s have done both respite care and long term foster care. They have [...]
The Confluence is a social enterprise venture of Cray Youth & Family Services! Every dollar you spend here, stays in our community and helps support the children's programming of Cray! ..."Making life better for kids, one cup of coffee at a time!"
Did you know that our Krause Youth Center is named in honor of Alma Krause who dedicated her life to making life better for children. Alma worked at the Youth Development Center for 19 years and after her retirement she volunteered at our boys group home and then at the Krause Youth Shelter up until [...]
Every year at Christmas our Independent Living Coordinator, Mariann Lillibridge hosts a Christmas party for the girls who used to be in our programs and their children. This has become a wonderful tradition all thanks to Mariann. She does so much to make it all possible every year. We would also like to thank Liberty Mutual [...]
On Thursday December 18th Lawrence County Council of Community services will be hosting their Merry Resource Fair. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm., at the Confluence, which is located at 214 East Washington Street in New Castle. It is a free vendor style event and is open to the public. [...]
The employees from Columbia Gas are tremendous supporters of our community. The employees not only gave a gift to the Origins program along with a donation of healthy snacks for the kids, but gave their time and talents on the United way's Day of Caring. They helped with multiple projects, especially with getting our kids [...]