Odle the Dog
Prevail Guest Columnist
Happy December! It is the season of the 25 Days of Odle! I have loved telling people about how they can support Prevail and thanking all the people who help make our mission possible.
I hope you will consider how you can help support our mission this Holiday Season. Our biggest need is gift cards for food and transportation for clients.
From July 2017 to June 2018, we served 910 youth, an increase of 23 percent from 2016-2017. Personally, I attended 1,065 individual appointments and 73 groups. Some of the highlights of my year included starting a new group at Hamilton Southeastern High School and Fishers High School for adolescent survivors of sexual assault; having two new employees join our youth team, Jennifer Atkisson and Stephanie Pomerenke; and the building expanding (I have so many new places to play in).
In 2019, I am looking forward to Prevail implementing a trauma-informed yoga group for children ages 6 to 12. I am so enthusiastic about all the growth of clients I will witness and the support the community has for their healing.
Check out our Facebook page to see all my adventures.
Prevail, Inc. is a Hamilton County-based non-profit organization advocating for victims of crime and abuse. Their column appears twice each month in The Reporter, brought to you in part by Tom Wood Volkswagen Noblesville. Learn more about Prevail by visiting PrevailInc.com.