HomeMy WebLinkAboutWINGSHADOW, 1225 REDWOOD STREET - PDP/FDP - 30-02A - MEDIA - (6)New facility gives teens a place to land
Wingshadow
riches anew facility
from which to reach out to
opens building
youths.
Wingshadow's new
for
building at 1225 Redwood
youths
St, which was unveiled
j _.21 -
Saturday, is home to Fron-
By SARA REED d y
tier High School and The
SafaReed@coloradoan.com
Wing, a teen homeless
Shirley Bolton doesn't
shelter that opened in No -
count her riches in money,
vember.
but one young life at a
The $1.6 million build -
time.
ing, a remodeled assisted
She's been counting
living facility, is the result
them that way for more
of 2'fe years of planning
than a decade.
and fund raising.
Bolton, and her hus-
"This is a culmination
band, Steve, in 1993 found-
not of the 21A past years,
ed Wingshadow Inc., a
but of 11 years of work,"
nonprofit organization
Steve Bolton said.
that helps at -risk youths.
Shirley Bolton said a
Saturday, they added a
combination of factors led
new resource to those
them to seek a new loca-
Interested?
For more information
on Wingshadow, visit
www.fortnet.org/
Wingshadow/index.html
or call 419-3252.
tion. Frontier High School
outgrew its leased space at
First Christian Church,
which had housed the
school for several years,
and they were looking to
add the shelter for home-
less teens.
"It helps us deliver our
services more efficiently,"
she said. "And more space
means we can serve more
kids."
In addition to Frontier,
an alternative high school
for at -risk teens, and The
Wing, the new building al-
so houses a child-care cen-
ter for teen mothers.
The Wing is the only
shelter for homeless teens
north of Denver. The shel-
ter takes teens ages 12 to 17,
referred by social service
agencies, and provides
food, shelter, education
and counseling for up to
90 days. As of Friday, the
shelter housed 10 teens, al-
though the count can
change daily.
Larry Abrahamson sits
on the Wingshadow Board
of Directors and attended
See WINGSHADOW/Page 88
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TOTS:
Sonia
.^ left, and sister
Connie Schuh
r walk through
' the sleep
t room while
touring the
area for
infants ages 4
weeks to 18,
months during
_ Wingshadow's
Grand
Opening
Facility
Dedication
at 1225
Redwood St.
on Saturday.
Rich Abrahamson
The Coloradoan