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Local Psi Otes donate to YSB Safe Place program

Heather Clampitt (left), philanthropic chair of Psi Iota Xi Phi Chapter, presents a check for $500 to Youth Services Bureau Executive Director Jan Williams (second from left) for the YSB’s Safe Place program on Monday, Aug. 17. The donation was made at the YSB Safe Place site at Life’s Little Treasures Daycare, located at Turn Pointe Community Church of the Brethren, in Markle. Also joining in on the celebration is (front) daycare pupils Vivian Branham and Katy Clampitt, and (back row at right) Alysia Marshall, co-director of the daycare center.
Heather Clampitt (left), philanthropic chair of Psi Iota Xi Phi Chapter, presents a check for $500 to Youth Services Bureau Executive Director Jan Williams (second from left) for the YSB’s Safe Place program on Monday, Aug. 17. The donation was made at the YSB Safe Place site at Life’s Little Treasures Daycare, located at Turn Pointe Community Church of the Brethren, in Markle. Also joining in on the celebration is (front) daycare pupils Vivian Branham and Katy Clampitt, and (back row at right) Alysia Marshall, co-director of the daycare center.

Phi Chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority recently donated $500 to Youth Services Bureau of Huntington County in support of its 2015 Safe Place/Host Home programs. A state grant provides funding for salaries and operating expenses for the Safe Place program, while a federal grant covers Host Home.

Heather Clampitt, philanthropic chair for the sorority, says the Psi Iota Xi grant was used to purchase Safe Place cards and promotional materials to get the information into the hands of youths in Huntington County. Six thousand information cards are provided to them through classroom presentations that are made in every school in the Huntington County Community School Corporation and other settings.

“These presentations and contact cards are vital to the success of the program, so youth are aware of the resource available in their community,” Clampitt stated in a press release.

The donation was funded through proceeds from the sorority’s holiday cheeseball sales and income from the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival, which is co-sponsored by the Phi Chapter.

This year’s festival is on Sept. 26 and 27.

Project Safe Place is a national program designed to provide prompt, professional support to young people in order to prevent them from being a runaway, homeless or involved in other risky behaviors. Youth can access the program by contacting the crisis phone line at 560-7676 or by stopping by one of the 47 businesses throughout Huntington County that display the large yellow and black sign.

“The Safe Place sites are vital for the success of the program,” states Stephen Ward, program coordinator. “Without these caring businesses, youth would not have the visual reminder of the program nor would they have safe places to go in times of crisis.”

For more information about the Safe Place program, contact the YSB office at 356-9681 or email s.ward@ysbofhunting tonco.org.