ARM of Care 2018 FALL Newsletter

Dear Reaching to Restorers, We tip our hats to you with great respect and admiration as this year was a record fundraising year for ARM of Care’s annual “Reach to Restore” event. You contributed $27,000! May our thank you to you be felt to the tip of your toes.

It costs ARM of Care about $431 per year – per youth that we serve, and to date in 2018, we have served close to 400 youth. This year we expanded into two more new agencies. Because of your generosity we have an opportunity to add more in 2019.

Our ARM of Care staff and volunteers meet once a month for training and to share stories of our work from the month. One story is of a girl who was resistant to participating in one of our programs. After the program, she wrote on her evaluation to “please come back”. Another is of a girl at Juvenile Hall who punched a wall just before we went in to teach a class. She was able to identify what happens in her body when she can feel anger building, and how it feels at the height of her emotion- like she is going to explode. We were able to do some movement with the parts of her body that get very tense and by the end of the class she felt more relaxed and “lighter”. Another girl’s life story book that she made told of how being loved is helping her transition from a caterpillar into a butterfly.

Speaking of butterflies, my mom who passed away in August, was a collector of butterflies. You also sent $5,000 in lieu of flowers as a donation to ARM of Care in her memory. Before she passed away she asked if the girls were going to be healthy, if they were going to be ok?Because of you, we could tell her “Yes”… we are providing a safe environment and giving them the tools they need to help them be healthy. THANK YOU.

Amy