Community Perspectives

Community Perspectives graphic, with image of coffee cup and newspaper

Graphic reading: Community Perspectives: what does Howard Center mean to our community? There is an image of a newspaper and cup of coffee outlined in gold.

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:

  “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 you are ready, where is the door? When you fall...

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