Carson
“I firmly believe that Youth Unlimited saved ____’s life this past year.” The world can be a dark, sad and isolating place. This summer, our team felt the blow of a life lost too soon. A young man, (kid, really), sucked into peer pressure, wanting to fit in, and tragically losing his life to an overdose. A young man who had so much life ahead of him. A young man who walked the halls of Walnut Grove Secondary School. Who rubbed shoulders with our staff. He was seen, he was known, yet he felt…unseen…unknown. This is the story for so many youth. They want desperately to fit in and cry out in different ways to be seen. For some that’s acting out, for others that’s threats, for others that’s bullying and for others, that’s becoming a ‘yes man’, agreeing to anything for the sake of just a bit of recognition. In the wake of this tragedy, our team received an email from a parent who felt the blows of this event. Not necessarily because she personally knew the student who had died, but