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Christmas Party Time
This is the IVY Home Christmas Party, and for many of the residents, it’s the first Christmas Party of their adult life. Ask many of them about Christmas, and they tend to ignore it. They don’t want to celebrate. It doesn’t take much thinking to know why. I’ve heard some of their stories. Childhoods that…
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End of Life Care
Hospice Care for a Resident Dying after Prison Drug Trial?!?!? This is my WTF moment. There’s no training for this. I know God put me here, in this spot, to catch people who were falling through the cracks in our society. But this? There’s a resident that we all love. Everyone does. For published media,…
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Meet the Board
IVY Home Foundation Board of Directors is seen in the photo below from left to right: David Harder – Director of CommunicationsRuben Contreras – Board Vice ChairJulia LeFevre – Board ChairIvery Kaufman – Executive DirectorSasha Edwards – Treasurer What’s the Point? A Board of Directors shares the responsibility for oversight, accountability, and vision casting for…
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Profile of a Resident
Returning to Society after 40 Years I checked George (alias) into the house today. He’s beyond excited to join us after 40 years of incarceration. Read that. 40 years. I wasn’t born yet when he entered prison. Yesterday – prison. Today – hello world. George got a battery of do’s and don’ts, places he must…