Give the Gift of Hope


 
See Stephen.

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be homeless?  

To feel almost invisible to passers by and cut off from the rest of the world?  

For many of us, this experience is almost impossible to grasp.  Perhaps not impossible to grasp is the emotion of hope.  

What if you could be a part of the caring community that provides not only hope, but has the potential to provide lifelong results in the lives of young adults who have nowhere else to turn?

We invite you to see Stephen.

Stephen is a young man who has struggled with independence since he was 17 years old.
 
Now 19, he has had a troubled past because of his sexual identity, drugs and issues at home. He was often a ward of the state, living in group homes and spent some time in jail.
 
When his grandmother found Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Stephen's life began to turn around.
"This place is like home - it is home in a sense. It's transitional. They don't want you to have to be here but they want to help you," he says.
 
Since participating in programs at Bridge, Stephen has begun course work for his GED. He lives at the Transitional Living Program, works part time in the kitchen and has found work outside of Bridge.
 
"I'm really thankful to have a job and get on track.  I'm thankful for Bridge because otherwise I'd be living in the same place, using drugs, having arguments with relatives and feeling unsafe."

Did you know that Bridge Over Troubled Waters is the only service provider in Boston providing the full continuum of services from educational, career, counseling, health, and housing services for youth between the ages of 14-24? 

Did you know that Bridge serves close to 2500 youth each year? 

Did you know that Bridge can not do this remarkable work without the help of generous people like you?

Thanks to Bridge’s direct intervention, education, prevention and advocacy, young adults like Stephen have hope of becoming productive adults.

Won’t you help? Just click the Donate button above to help Stephen and others like him continue to realize their dream of self-sufficiency.

To learn more about Bridge and how you can help impact the lives of Boston’s most vulnerable youth, please contact Director of Development Karin Wilcox Cassel at kcassel@bridgeotw.org.  

We thank you,  Stephen thanks you.