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Marcia Connors on Encouraging Young People
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Marcia Connors on Encouraging Young People

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-23T12:09:36-04:00

I would like to introduce Marcia Connors, Daybreak staff, who I have here today to talk to me on 50 Faces 50 Voices. I always like to start with how did you get connected with Daybreak? I got connected with Daybreak; I was doing a third career change. I was at Wright State, and I thought, well, social service. And I remember seeing something about Daybreak and so I thought, ‘well, let me go see if I can do a student teaching type thing.’ That was how I got to know a little bit about Daybreak and then I saw a [...]

Marcia Connors on Encouraging Young PeopleGina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-23T12:09:36-04:00

Travis Rindler on the Amazing Community around Daybreak
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Travis Rindler on the Amazing Community around Daybreak

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-15T17:18:50-04:00

I would like to welcome Travis Rindler, Daybreak employee, to this segment of 50 Faces 50 Voices. So, Travis, how did you get connected with Daybreak? I started back in November of 2013. I was actually an employee at Goodwill, and they contracted with Daybreak through their employment program. And I, along with Sharmel Calbert, worked with our clients in both programs and I eventually got hired on at Daybreak full-time and have worked here ever since in some capacity. https://youtu.be/X1kzAeIE4yw Awesome! So, how have you seen Daybreak change from when you started in 2013 to today? Oh, in so [...]

Travis Rindler on the Amazing Community around DaybreakGina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-15T17:18:50-04:00

Ashley’s Pastry Shop and An Ounce of Difference
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Ashley’s Pastry Shop and An Ounce of Difference

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-09T11:55:27-04:00

I have with me, Theresa from Ashley’s Pastry Shop today and we are talking about your partnership with Daybreak and your experience. Tell us how long have you been involved with Daybreak and how did you get connected with us? My connection began back in 2019 when Linda Kramer made a phone call to me right around Thanksgiving time mentioning and discussing our partnership on a project she had in mind about creating an employment opportunity for Daybreak residents that would be part of Daybreak. They would have their mentors there and we would be the “experts” involved in what they [...]

Ashley’s Pastry Shop and An Ounce of DifferenceGina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-09T11:55:27-04:00

Daybreak Alumni Cathy Walker and Her Twitch Fundraiser for Daybreak
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Daybreak Alumni Cathy Walker and Her Twitch Fundraiser for Daybreak

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-07T15:13:38-04:00

I’d like to welcome Cathy Walker, a Daybreak Alumni, to our #50Faces50Voices segment. I always like to start with the first moment that brought you to Daybreak. What was that moment of instability for you? Well, I'd been having a lot of mental health issues and I and that resulted in me being kicked out of my parents’ house because of how I was treating them and how that was going down. I'd been homeless for a little bit before that, but my mother was one of my biggest supports and she ended up bringing me up to the women's shelter [...]

Daybreak Alumni Cathy Walker and Her Twitch Fundraiser for DaybreakGina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-07T15:13:38-04:00

Karla Garrett Harshaw and A Stronger Dayton Community Starting with Our Youth
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Karla Garrett Harshaw and A Stronger Dayton Community Starting with Our Youth

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-07T12:08:35-04:00

I would like to start with how long have you been involved with Daybreak and how did you get connected with us? I think the first time I became familiar with Daybreak was while I was working in development at legal aid law firm’s advocates for basic legal equality and legal aid of Western Ohio. Both are nonprofit law firms that serve low income and disadvantaged people in civil cases. And it was either through the work that was done there or other community connections that I became aware of Daybreak. Since then, however, I've become even more familiar with the [...]

Karla Garrett Harshaw and A Stronger Dayton Community Starting with Our YouthGina Saldano-Herrie2025-05-07T12:08:35-04:00

Carolynn Carr on Daybreak Saving Lives
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Carolynn Carr on Daybreak Saving Lives

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-30T15:37:51-04:00

I've got Carolyn Carr here with me. She's a past client of Daybreak and I always like to start with the moment of instability. So, what was the moment that brought you to Daybreak? Oh, that's a great question. So, I was 18 at the time. Me and my twin sister were in a difficult situation between my mom's boyfriend and also our mother. Basically, we were feeling safe in our home so my oldest sister who was a client here at Daybreak as well, she recommended us to come straight here. I felt I was safe here because where I [...]

Carolynn Carr on Daybreak Saving LivesGina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-30T15:37:51-04:00

Melissa Aldridge on Daybreak as a Starting Place
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Melissa Aldridge on Daybreak as a Starting Place

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-23T14:59:56-04:00

I have Melissa Aldridge here with me today and she is a past client of Daybreak and so I always like to start with the moment of instability. What was that moment that brought you to Daybreak? Well, I grew up in Dayton, OH, and that's an area that sometimes has a lot of reputations or people don't even know where it is when I talk to them. But one of the things that tends to come up is that there's definitely some challenges with the intersection of 70 and 75 and the addiction that kind of plagues a lot of [...]

Melissa Aldridge on Daybreak as a Starting PlaceGina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-23T14:59:56-04:00

Karen Gruenberg on Holistic Support for Homeless Youth
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Karen Gruenberg on Holistic Support for Homeless Youth

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-02T14:48:09-04:00

I have Karen Gruenberg with me from The Dayton Foundation. I would love to start with asking how long have you been involved with Daybreak and how did you get connected with us? That's a great question. Thank you very much for having me here. I'm involved with Daybreak in two different ways. I have a professional history with Daybreak and then I have a personal history as well. I became aware of Daybreak I'd say a few years back when I started my career here at The Dayton Foundation. I participated in helping organize the nonprofit capacity building which is [...]

Karen Gruenberg on Holistic Support for Homeless YouthGina Saldano-Herrie2025-04-02T14:48:09-04:00

We Care Arts on Continuity of Community
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We Care Arts on Continuity of Community

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-03-26T11:27:38-04:00

I have with me today Katie Neubert from We Care Arts as well as Rick Willits and Kelli Campbell. So my first question is how long have you been involved with Daybreak and how did you get connected with us? Thank you so much for talking with us. We love Daybreak and we are so proud of our partnership with the team over there and all the amazing work that they have been doing. We Care Arts is a 40-year-old organization. Our mission is focused on empowering healing through art and community. And since about 2019, because it was pre-COVID. We [...]

We Care Arts on Continuity of CommunityGina Saldano-Herrie2025-03-26T11:27:38-04:00

Terri FitzHarris on Knowledge as Power and Making a Difference
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Terri FitzHarris on Knowledge as Power and Making a Difference

Gina Saldano-Herrie2025-03-19T14:51:54-04:00

I'd like to welcome volunteer Terri FitzHarris today to the interview. Terri is a volunteer here at Daybreak. How long have you been involved with us? Since January of 2024. I met Travis [Rindler] in December 2024 when—I'm the service of philanthropy chairman of my sorority, the Dayton alumni chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha—I reached out to Travis to see how we could help him at Christmas. When I met him, I felt like I knew him my whole life and we became friends after that. He encouraged me to volunteer, and I've been here ever since. Awesome! You say you're [...]

Terri FitzHarris on Knowledge as Power and Making a DifferenceGina Saldano-Herrie2025-03-19T14:51:54-04:00

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