One of the perennial challenges we face at Howard Center is articulating fully the agency’s place in the community. Conventional wisdom suggests that sharing stories of the people we serve would solve this, but privacy concerns limit our options to anonymous stories. Our friends Bill and Kate Schubart and Debra Stenner suggested a change of perspective. Why not ask people how they see Howard Center, how they have experienced it in their professional or personal lives, and what it means to have it in the community?
Read perspectives below:
Howard Center’s Safe Recovery: A Place for Compassion and Hope. “The services provided at Safe Recovery save lives and provide people in Burlington with critically important tools to prevent the… Read more »
Celebrating UVM Medical Center’s Longstanding Partnership with Howard Center “I want to voice my gratitude to the Howard Center leadership and staff.” In an era where the demands on our… Read more »
“We are forever grateful to the staff at Howard Center who have been so dedicated and compassionate with our family. Treating mental illness is a very challenging job.” BURLINGTON, VERMONT… Read more »
“I truly cannot remember one nonprofit organization that has taken on as much for a community as has the Howard Center.” ESSEX, VERMONT – I am the executive director… Read more »
“When I look at Howard Center, I see an organization steeped in genuine concern for us collectively and for each human being.” SHELBURNE, VERMONT – In that fleeting moment… Read more »
Surely it is time to make these partnerships sustainable so they can fully meet the needs of Vermonters by providing genuine solutions to the problems society inevitably faces. This column… Read more »
