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Tommie grew up in a good family but rebelled at a young age against the strict rules his father had set.  “I didn’t like rules,” he remembers. “My dad...

Not having the love she needed at home, Shalise ran away at 13. As she grew older, her life just “spiraled out of control.” “I was introduced to drugs...

Tommie grew up in a good family with a strict father. But because “everybody was doing it,” he started using drugs when he was just 12. At 16, he...

Ivan lost everything he had and became homeless. But with his faith restored and life rebuilt, he plans to finish his college education and become a drug and alcohol...

Randy overcame abandonment as a child and an addiction to alcohol. But Shelter KC was there with the support he needed. Randy’s mom died when he was just seven....

Raised in a Christian home with a grandfather who pastored a church, Ursula’s life was going well until her mother died of breast cancer just a month before Ursula’s...

Tom has been a guest here at Shelter KC off and on for 18 years. His journey began in 1998 when he lost his mother, his brother and his...

“Joy, confidence, and empowerment… that’s what Shelter KC means to me,” Tina says. When she arrived at our door, Tina was lacking in all three of these areas. That...

My name is Sandy and life for me has felt like a series of earthquakes. Every time I feel like I’m steady, everything shakes apart.  The turmoil started early...