Giana shared with me that her older sister had brainstormed some ideas for her service project that related to empowering girls, and teens in general. Of the topics that had come up, the issue of teen homelessness was the one that Giana resonated with most strongly, but she still wanted to explore other options.
We did a few online searches to see if we could find some ideas for her to consider but not much came of it.
It dawned on me that setting up an information interview with someone in a nonprofit with the mission of serving teens in need would help us get a better handle on what problem Giana might tackle to solve for her project. I thought of Janis Avery, the Executive Director of Treehouse. Treehouse is a wonderful, highly respected nonprofit that serves foster children in Seattle. I emailed her later that day requesting a referral to someone we could speak to in her organization, and within a day we had an appointment set up for the following week.
Field trip!
photo credit: Tim Green
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