By Robin P. McHaelen | Executive Director
Dear Friend,
It has been a wild ride this past quarter! Most of our efforts focused on hosting our 21st annual True Colors Conference on March 21 and 22, 2014 - our largest ever with more than 3,000 attendees - and in fact, more than 600 walk-ins on Friday alone! Whew. Your donations helped us scholarship or reduce fees for more than 900 of those attendees! From just a few of the attendees your support helped us fund:
"I honestly never felt such peace with so many people before..."
"true colors was more than just an event for me, it was just a reality check. That i needed to stop being so narrow
minded and accept these people who essentially accepted me in their environment with open arms and big smiles."
"True Colors was a phenomenal experience. The creative and accepting atmosphere is what we all wish the rest of
the world could have; maybe one day."
During the same time frame, your support helped us provide weekly social and recreational activities for LGBT youth in out-of-home care; to advocate on behalf of students in elementary, middle and high school, to update and produce our comprehensive resource guide, and to find both mentors and homes for kids whose family had rejected them.
This work is our life and our passion. We are so grateful to you, and all of our donors and supporters, for making such important work possible.
Thank you!
ps. We would LOVE to hear from you! What parts of our work would YOU like to hear more about? Is there an area of LGBT youth advocacy where you would like to see us invest additional time or energy? How would most like to be communicated with? Via these quarterly reports? Occasional phone calls? Targeted emails or snail mail? Let us know!
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