Young and Homeless, Cruise Kinneson refuses to give up on his dreams.

Most high school kids aren’t particularly enthusiastic about school. Sick? Field trip? Playing hooky? Anything to stay home.

But Cruise Kinnison never thought that way.

“I’ve always wanted to get my education,” he says. “Within my family, there’s not many people who’ve graduated high school or college. I want to be the first to do so. I want to get a job, support myself, do the things that I want to do.”

Read the rest of the story here: http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2010/02/02/young-and-homeless-cruise-kinnison-refuses-to-give-up-on-his-dreams/

2009 Holiday of Hope

On Sunday December 20th, 2009 we held our first annual Holiday of Hope event. We hope to have these all across the country next year to help families who are homeless during the holidays. We did this event in conjunction with Help Portrait (www.help-portrait.com). We had about 300 ppl attend. We provided lunch to all attendees as well as toys for the children, free haircuts and portraits. It was an incredible event. The community of Auburn really pulled together on this one. Ck out the article done by the Auburn Citizen: http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2009/12/21/local_news/news01.txt