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Building Bridges Out of Poverty
Download full newsletter BRENDA MOSS WORKED ALL her life in Lynchburg, Virginia to support her three sons and one grandson. Over the years she...
Grant serves students a taste of a culinary career
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD SUZANNE grew up watching Food Network. She now has a love of cooking she hopes to carry into a full-time career someday. Thanks to...
New career and tech offerings give students the tools to build a better future
Shineforth's CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL wants to make the transition to the workforce easier for students with autism and other neurological...
Shineforth alumni serves God and country
The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Ray Coffelt. Ray grew up at "the Methodist home" in the 1940's-- the place that is now our...
A Champion for LGBT Youth
IMAGINE FOR A MINUTE that you’re a teenager. Imagine not being able to sleep at night because you’re terrified of going to school the next day where you know you’ll be bullied—again. Amidst the repeated bullying from your peers, you’re expected to focus on learning algebra, history and planning for life after high school.
What types of kids end up in foster care?
The children Shineforth places have had the hardest time due to behavioral or medical issues, multiple placements within the foster care system,...
Becoming a champion for LIFE
SOPHIA BOOKER HEARD about Project LIFE for the first time in 2010 when a friend invited her to a youth advisory council meeting where teens in...
Above and far beyond
AS AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST with Shineforth’ Adoptive Family Preservation program, Michael Staton’s job is to help adoptive families weather crises in...
The Journey into Foster Care; Becoming a Foster Parent
by John Edmondson, Shineforth Foster Care parent | Read more about Foster Care and Adoption with Shineforth I am sitting here tonight as the...
What is autism? A conversation with Wade Puryear, vice president of education, Charterhouse Schools
Q: What is the Autism spectrum? A: {Autism} can really be seen as a neurological difference or a way in which someone’s brain works differently than...
Supporting Students’ Next Steps
Shineforth Recognizes Pop Smith Scholarship Recipients CHRIS LABRADOR AND PAUL SWITZER, two recent recipients of Shineforth’ Pop Smith Scholarship,...
Supporting Students' Next Steps
Shineforth Recognizes Pop Smith Scholarship Recipients CHRIS LABRADOR AND PAUL SWITZER, two recent recipients of Shineforth’ Pop Smith Scholarship,...