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07/03/2023

Memories!!! ❤️❤️❤️

04/02/2015

Re-dedication ceremony - April 1, 2015.

04/02/2015

Had a very sentimental day yesterday! MTA had a fabulous re-dedication ceremony, (with Governor Inslee, no less) - for the Shelton Armory. They have worked tirelessly for the past 3 years to renovate a 60+ year old building into a fabulous modern, "one of a kind" community & transit center. It is gorgeous!!!
SOCK started our youth center in the building on June 11, 1997 (almost 18 years ago!) and when we finally packed up and moved on in 2012, we had a database of over 6,500 kids who had come through our doors! The new plaque on the outside of the building acknowledges SOCK for those many years of service to our youth (be still my heart!) I cried when I saw it!!!
Here are a few photos of the event that Bob took today. Kathy Haigh is speaking (NOBODY has been more instrumental in this whole scenario than Kathy!!!). Brad Patterson is thanking me for my role in all this and the incredible Dave O'Connell is in the audience (the man who created the MTA dream!!!).
I can't wait to see the building filled to the brim with our community members....ages 0-110!!!
One of my lifetime dreams has come true - the Armory is safe and secure as a community center! Check that off the bucket list!

01/14/2015

Well, last night we came to the end of an era..... as we watched "Debbie" be driven away by her new owner.....
I bought Debbie (named after my best friend for the last 38 years) in 2002 because I needed a van to drive the SOCK kids home - and on field trips - and to haul all the SOCK equipment - etc......
Debbie served me well - for 13 wonderful years - hauling HUNDREDS of SOCK kids from the youth center safely home at night - or out and about on our many field trips..... I remember so well having about 12 kids pile into her when SOCK closed and spending the next 1-1/2 hours driving from Timberlakes to the Skok dropping kids off at their homes.
I remember the heartbreak of dropping the little 8 year old at his little shack of a house - completely dark - knowing no one was at home for him.... and then pulling over on Hwy 101 to let the 19 year old out with his sleeping bag and backpack.... to watch him walk out into the field - to the homeless camp.... problems that made me cry myself to sleep at night, knowing I had no solution for them.
I remember fun times, also - the field trips - kids experiencing the ocean for the very first time - kids visiting Seattle for the very first time...
I remember when I acquired a headstone... (it's a long story!) and it was on the floor in the backseat while I tried to locate the "purchaser"... but in the meantime, the SOCK kids fought over who had to be the one to sit next to it! They played rock, paper, scissors and the loser was it!!! I laughed till I cried.
I remember when some of my CDs went missing out of Debbie after a trip taking a bunch of kids home - and how enraged all the SOCK kids got - that someone would jack something from "Sue".... made me feel pretty darn good to be loved that much!
I'm really happy that Debbie is going to a good home - a wonderful man with 4 children (recently separated) who only has a 2 seater pickup and can't have visitation with his children without a car that can hold them all.
He even loved my progressive/liberal bumper stickers on her rear end!
Debbie is going to be in 7th heaven hauling kids around again! That's what gave her incredible joy! Go in peace, my friend! You are needed elsewhere! Your friend, forever - Sue..

06/12/2012

Happy 15th Birthday, SOCK!!!

04/13/2012

Here is an album of photos from this year's Shelton Old Time Fiddlers Fest.

04/13/2012

03/31/2012

OK - just 7 more days until the 2012 Shelton Old Time Fiddlers Fest!!! Ticket orders are coming in! Whoo Hoo!!! Come fiddle around with us next weekend!!!

The Shelton Old Time Fiddlers Fest is presented by and is a benefit for SOCK (Save Our County’s Kids) youth programs in Shelton.

02/26/2012

Hello Masonites!!! Want to do something REALLY fun on a sunny day in Shelton???
Come down to the Armory at 12:00 and help SOCK move 15 years of "stuff" into a moving van and then into a storage unit!
We'd love your help! Getting ready for our new YMCA project!!! Hooray!!!

02/22/2012

Hello Friends of SOCK!!! We are moving out of our offices at the armory this coming Sunday, Feb 26th at noon. MTA is going to be remodeling the building into a new transit center so all the occupants need to move out.
We'd LOVE to have some help!!! We're renting a U-Haul and would love to have a crew of about 6 people helping us move filing cabinets, bookshelves, desks, storage containers, computer equipment etc. into a storage unit.
Can you help us???? Please let me know (427-3119) - we'll even FEED you!!! :)
Thanks so much, Sue..

01/17/2012

We have some exciting news! We've recently updated our website to show the work we're doing on the YMCA project! If you click on the "Breaking News" box on the homepage, it will take you to an information page and contact information. OK - ready, set, go! Go click on that box!!! :)

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