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

Daybreak-Dayton2025-05-07T15:13:38-04:00

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 DaybreakDaybreak-Dayton2025-05-07T15:13:38-04:00

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

Daybreak-Dayton2025-04-30T15:37:51-04:00

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 LivesDaybreak-Dayton2025-04-30T15:37:51-04:00

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

Daybreak-Dayton2025-04-23T14:59:56-04:00

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 PlaceDaybreak-Dayton2025-04-23T14:59:56-04:00

Altar Lee on Adaptability and Accepting Help
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Altar Lee on Adaptability and Accepting Help

Daybreak-Dayton2025-03-06T11:19:21-05:00

I have with me Altar Lee who is a previous client and also been a featured speaker at our annual Champions for Youth event. Tell us what was the moment of instability that brought you to Daybreak? The moment of instability would probably be my mental health. When it started becoming clear because I am a person who has borderline personality disorder. I am diagnosed with it. I've had it since I was little. Been in therapy since I was little. But it became a big staple in my life at the age of 16 which caused a lot of turmoil [...]

Altar Lee on Adaptability and Accepting HelpDaybreak-Dayton2025-03-06T11:19:21-05:00

Daybreak’s Courtney Smith on Putting Yourself First with Kindness
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Daybreak’s Courtney Smith on Putting Yourself First with Kindness

Daybreak-Dayton2025-02-14T15:36:00-05:00

Courtney, tell us what was the moment of instability that first brought you to Daybreak? The moment of instability that got me into Daybreak was that I was living with my sister. I really didn't have any aspirations to do anything in my life. I didn't graduate from high school on time because I had to pass my OGT science and I didn't know where to get help to even have that happen. So, it made me come here and fix my life and figure out what I need to do to be successful. https://youtu.be/DslZ0KyEeNc Did you end up completing [...]

Daybreak’s Courtney Smith on Putting Yourself First with KindnessDaybreak-Dayton2025-02-14T15:36:00-05:00

Board President, Alisha Eilers, on Daybreak’s 50th Birthday and Generational Change
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Board President, Alisha Eilers, on Daybreak’s 50th Birthday and Generational Change

Daybreak-Dayton2025-01-23T12:34:58-05:00

Daybreak's Board President, Alisha Eilers To kick off the celebration of our 50th birthday, we spoke with Alisha Eilers, our board president and a previous Daybreak client. To commemorate 50 years, we're featuring 50 voices of people Daybreak has touched since opening on January 19, 1975. We are still looking for more voices to feature, so if you or someone you know have been impacted by Daybreak, we'd love to hear from you! Please enjoy Alisha's story and thank you for being here with us! https://youtu.be/m7_L5A18k6c?si=VZEPxWZRT9FIIhc6 Hi Alisha! It is so great to talk to you about this. I am [...]

Board President, Alisha Eilers, on Daybreak’s 50th Birthday and Generational ChangeDaybreak-Dayton2025-01-23T12:34:58-05:00