NEWS
The Voices Of Young People At Daybreak
The season premiere of Dayton Youth Radio on WYSO aired last week and featured stories from our Daybreak youth and staff. Over the summer, Basim Blunt was on our campus working with Daybreak youth who wanted to tell their stories. We couldn’t be more proud of them for their courage. Thank you, Basim and WYSO! You can listen here: https://www.wyso.org/news/2020-10-14/gravity-the-voices-of-young-people-at-daybreak-dayton?fbclid=IwAR0u7zERju63QUlSF3EO47YXXHJ7GtpMozcC6oRHJ4IKD3a1PB9B_NVHSog
Census count of area homeless population to start Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
An article in Sunday's Dayton Daily News about the census and how Dayton is managing the census process for its homeless population: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/census-count-of-area-homeless-population-to-start-tuesday/5RGWS6WZ5RDFZHVRW7ZP37BTZI
NEWSLETTERS
Daybreak Dollars program motivates youth
James' mother brought him to Dayton for a "vacation" with his father. When 17-year-old James asked when she'd be back to rescue him from his father's condemned house, she said she wasn't coming back. A devastated James was sure he'd never see his mother again. He eventually left his father and turned to Daybreak for help. While in therapy at Daybreak, James expressed a need to see his mother, [...]
VIDEOS
Donor Stories: Ron & Robb Anderson
Robb Sloan Anderson and Ron Anderson Making it their mission to get the word out about David’s Place. “Everyone knows about Daybreak, but many people still don’t know about David’s Place, but they will,” says David’s Place founding donor and Daybreak’s newest board member, Robb Sloan Anderson. David’s Place founding donors Robb and Ron Anderson are doing just that—spreading the word about Daybreak’s newest program, David’s Place and [...]
Daybreak Donor Stories – Shawn Elrod (Landlord)
Daybreak Landlord, Shawn Elrod, Makes A Big Impact On The Lives of Homeless Youth “Having my own children made me more empathetic and made me want to help.” Imagine your daily sleeping arrangement rotating from a friend’s couch to an unlocked car, to a parking garage. You can’t remember the last time you had a home or a bed. You forget what it feels like to live [...]