$1079.41 was raised for Headway at yesterday’s Taste of Summer Charity Barbecue.

Headway’s Program Coordinator Brenda Brown, explains what the program does: “We exist to create support teams around at-risk youth and their families to help them stabilize by giving them the resources, connections, and support they need.”

Headway Program Coordinator Brenda Brown receives chequesBrown notes her lofty goal as coordinator is to work herself out of a job, meaning there would no longer be any struggling youth in Steinbach. “We want to reach as many kids as there are,” she claims.

“It was really neat to share the vision of what we are doing and to create awareness,” Brown says of the barbecue. She thanks those who visited the barbecue to learn about and donate to the program noting the budget is always tight and this will go a long way in helping their general operations.