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Last Thursday, U.S. Pizza Company hosted a benefit for Our
House. A group of alumni—former residents, as they call
themselves—decided to hold one of their twice-monthly meetings
there to help raise funds for Our House. The group is new,
having just formed this past December. We had talked about
the idea for a long time. I thought it would be great to be able
to stay in touch with our program graduates. I had thought, they
struggle even after they leave Our House. Maybe if we stayed
in touch with them we could continue to provide them with
support. The group, however, had a different mission in mind.
They didn’t want more help. They wanted to find ways that
they could help. In just four months, they have adopted a street,
planned a fundraiser to raise money to buy food for a meal for
the residents of Our House, and have established a monthly
program of visiting Our House on Sunday evenings to share
their stories