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Friends of ECHO GLEN
Helping teens in the Washington State juvenile justice system

Friends of Echo Glen is a 100% volunteer community that exists with the sole purpose of helping the youth at Echo Glen Juvenile Correction Center to rewrite the scripts of their lives. We help them gain self-esteem by providing essential building blocks for healthy development thus breaking the cycle of neglect and abuse.

๐Ÿ’› ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐จ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ.At our last Community Service Social, the youth decorated canvas bags and filled t...
08/10/2026

๐Ÿ’› ๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐จ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ.
At our last Community Service Social, the youth decorated canvas bags and filled them with encouraging cards to share with people experiencing homelessness in the Pioneer Square area.
These gifts were ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐! The bags brought smiles, while the encouraging words brightened someoneโ€™s day and reminded them that someone cared.
What a beautiful gift from our youth. They had the opportunity to think beyond themselves, encourage someone else, and see that their kindness can make a difference.
A HUGE ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค-๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ who spent their evening listening, laughing, encouraging, and simply showing up for the youth. Your time and love matter more than you may ever know.
And weโ€™re doing it again! ๐Ÿฅฐ
๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ– ๐๐Œ for our next Community Service Social. Come spend time with the youth, help with a simple service project, and be a caring adult who listens and encourages.

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž!

Learn more and RSVP here:
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐ /๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ

๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’™๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.A huge THANK YOU to our incredibly generous anonymous donor for sending clothing, b...
30/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’™๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.
A huge THANK YOU to our incredibly generous anonymous donor for sending clothing, backpacks, and school supplies from our Amazon Wish List!
As youth prepare to return to their home school, having clothes that fit and the supplies they need can ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. ๐Ÿ’™

Want to help?
๐ŸŽ’ Shop our Amazon Wish List
๐Ÿ‘• Donate clean, gently used young adult clothing
๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐ /๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ for more information and ways to give.
Every gift says, โ€œYou matter.โ€

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ. โค๏ธOnce again, we askedโ€”and ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ! A very special ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž...
24/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ. โค๏ธ

Once again, we askedโ€”and ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ!
A very special ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ for their incredibly generous donation of ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐„๐†๐Ž๐’!

Because of your generosity, we now have enough LEGOS to make several LEGO clubs happen on campusโ€”giving youth opportunities to build, create, problem-solve, work together, and simply have fun.

What may look like โ€œjust LEGOSโ€ is so much more. Itโ€™s ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ.

We are incredibly grateful for this community that๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. Thank you for believing in them and helping us surround them with people who see their potential.

๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ lives!

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ โ€” ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž!After graduating from the University of Washington Tacoma with a vision to work in j...
23/09/2026

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ โ€” ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž!
After graduating from the University of Washington Tacoma with a vision to work in juvenile justice, Art followed a friend's recommendation and began volunteering at Echo Glen in February.
โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ.โ€
Art has volunteered in many ways over the past 30 years, but at Echo, heโ€™s found something especially meaningful: helping young people discover what theyโ€™re capable of.
โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ. At heart, Iโ€™m a teacher, and I love helping kids learn things they never thought they could.โ€

Art, thank you for giving your time, encouragement, wisdom, andโ€”most importantlyโ€”your belief in these young people. Your presence and investment matter.
Artโ€™s story is a powerful reminder of what can happen when a caring adult simply shows up. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.
Inspired by Art's story?
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ? More Info: https://www.echoglen.org/ or EMAIL US: [email protected]

๐Ÿ’› Showing Up. Serving Others. Making a Difference.A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us last night for our Communit...
22/09/2026

๐Ÿ’› Showing Up. Serving Others. Making a Difference.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us last night for our Community Service Social! The youth drew on canvas bags and created thoughtful cards for people who are unsheltered in the Pioneer Square area.

These socials have two important goals: giving youth the opportunity to practice empathy by serving othersโ€”and surrounding them with caring adults who listen, encourage, and remind them that they matter.

Thank you for showing up and sitting alongside them. โค๏ธ

Want to join us? Our next Community Service Social is October 15! Come spend a couple of hours making a difference in the lives of youth at Echo Glenโ€”and helping them discover the joy of being a helper. More details at www.echoglen.org/socials/

๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โ€” ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญYoung people can have seasons of struggle, tooโ€”but their circumstan...
17/09/2026

๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โ€” ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Young people can have seasons of struggle, tooโ€”but their circumstances donโ€™t define who they are or who they can become.
At Echo, ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. ๐ŸŽจ

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐Ÿฆ‹

You donโ€™t have to be an artist to make a difference. Just bring your creativity, encouragement, and willingness to show up.
๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ.
๐Ÿ‘‰ More details Here: https://www.echoglen.org/ or email us [email protected]

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž? ๐ŸŒฑโค๏ธThatโ€™s why Kathy volunteers at Echo Glen. โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ...
16/09/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž? ๐ŸŒฑโค๏ธ

Thatโ€™s why Kathy volunteers at Echo Glen. โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐.โ€

In just five months, Kathy has become a constant, positive presence at community events and now leads Echo Glenโ€™s vegetable gardening program. She loves watching the kids discover the joy of growing foodโ€”and seeing their faces light up when they harvest something with their own hands.
โ€œI love being able to give them something they can be proud of, and a skill they can take into their future.โ€

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

โ€œBeing able to help them see what is possible is such a gift that we can give them.โ€
Sometimes, that gift starts with simply showing up. โค๏ธ

Could you be that person for a young person at Echo Glen?

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐ŸŒ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐  โœ‰๏ธ ๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ@๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐ [email protected]

๐Ÿงฑ ๐†๐Ž๐“ ๐‹๐„๐†๐Ž๐’? ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐–๐Ž๐”๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐Ž๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„๐Œ! ๐ŸงฑHave ๐‹๐„๐†๐Ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง? They can have a powerful new purpose at E...
11/09/2026

๐Ÿงฑ ๐†๐Ž๐“ ๐‹๐„๐†๐Ž๐’? ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐–๐Ž๐”๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐Ž๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„๐Œ! ๐Ÿงฑ

Have ๐‹๐„๐†๐Ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง? They can have a powerful new purpose at Echo Glen.

When youth build together, they arenโ€™t just building with bricks. Theyโ€™re learning to ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

For young people who may not have had many positive experiences working as a team, building something together can help build something within them, tooโ€”๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

A box of LEGOs may seem like a simple donation. But when a group of youth sits down together and starts building, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž.โค๏ธ

If you have new or gently used LEGOs sitting in a closet, please consider giving them a new purpose.

๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ@๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Every brick can become part of something bigger. ๐Ÿงฑ

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ง๐๐ฒ: ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐: โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ...
09/09/2026

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ง๐๐ฒ: ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐: โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.โ€ โค๏ธ
After teaching high school English, Wendy missed the connection she had with her students. Then she found her way to Echo Glen.
๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž as mentor is simple, but incredibly meaningful: ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ.
One comment from a mentee has stayed with her. When asked about a trauma questionnaire, he said he had checked every box except one - war.
โ€œThis is why I volunteer,โ€ Wendy says. โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š.โ€โ€ฆ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.โ€

Thatโ€™s the power of showing up. โค๏ธ

Interested volunteering at Echo Glen? Learn more: ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐ / or Email ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ@๐ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐ 

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