MyFriendsPlace

This post is way late. The shelter opened on December 3, 2011 and has had overnight clients every night since then. It is making a major difference in the lives of the kids it reaches. It is feeding and helping to clothe not only the teens who stay overnight, …

The Lawyers' & Artists' Costume Ball raised over $14,000 for My Friends Place. This and other recent fundraising efforts should allow the shelter to open before January 2012. Benton County has approved an $87,000 grant which will be available starting in …