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The Linda Holzhüter Fund for Children: Linda's Lunchbox

In 2003, a chaplain and a retired judge paired up to start a not-for-profit group that worked with (primarily juvenile) offenders, their families and the victims. Although both had many years of hands-on experience working with both perpetrators and victims of crime, they were more familiar with judicial and correctional settings. It soon became apparent that personal difficulties, home-life issues and challenging living situations had set the stage for despair and desperation.

As small town folk, they realized that it takes a village to raise a child. When your neighbor has investment and concern in your well-being you never feel alone. Sadly, as they traveled throughout the state working with people impacted by crime and hopelessness, they recognized that the concept of neighborhood was in jeopardy. Folk had lost touch with what it was like to be a good neighbor! What was more; there was no longer a focus on volunteer spirit or the community structure to support it.

It became crystal clear that if communities could be supported in their endeavors to reach out to their neighbors-in-need and to offer them solution-based hope, miracles truly could happen!

Our Programs …miracle seeds!

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