Non-profit that helps homeless gets its home back
EUGENE, Ore. -- "There are a lot of runaway and homeless youth in Eugene and lane county," Craig Opperman, from the Looking Glass family and Youth Services said. The non-profit helps more than 8,000 young people every year.
"We do a lot of education, job training and there is also a school on site," Opperman said.
But after a fire destroyed the Eugene facility last year, they had to move to a smaller building, and the help suffered. Opperman said, "We were very cramped; the staff, we had to move to a much smaller building."
But now this week they are back in their now rebuilt building. "The kids they need a lot of help out there," Opperman said. And Looking Glass is back helping the kids that need it most.
"We own it, but it's their building, we are there to serve those kids with that facility," Opperman said.
A reception is planned for Thursday, July 9, to celebrate the change.
