By Lisa Marshall | Communications Manager
Summer is my favorite time of year at Raphael House. The kids are out of school, which means the shelter is full of families and action all day, every day. Our Youth Program offers lots of activities such as swimming classes, trips to the beach, family movie nights and cooking classes utilizing the amazing produce coming out of our shelter vegetable garden. It's great to come into work and see kids playing in the sprinkler and shouting excitedly about the size of a head of lettuce.
Just as the stay in our shelter is a time of new beginnings for the families who live here, summer is also a time of new beginnings for Raphael House as an organization. Our fiscal year ends on June 30th, and each year we look forward to starting with a fresh slate on July 1st, as well as to reaping the benefits of a successful year's work - along with lettuce, each summer we also get a new crop of fully trained volunteers, ready to staff our crisis line and offer a new and exciting range of programs to the families we serve!
Thank you for supporting this life-saving work, and I hope you're enjoying the summer as much as we are!
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