Since leaving Lexi's Place many have asked if my job with TEENS has ended and the answer is "NO" For 17 years I have worked with families, children and teens that are in need of help. Hannah House has served Niagara Falls and many other places by reaching out by Serving Others. Our Youth are in need in more ways than we can imagine and it is time to step up to the plate and give a helping hand. I have seen first hand a teen cutting herself and wanting to die, it is terrible. I have been called to a place where a young 15 year old girl had a needle stuck in her arm and had huge swelling from the drugs someone had shot into her arm. I saw the despair of a girl age 17 dying of blood poison, she died 3 days later, I called the ambulance and police for a young girl who had taken a bottle of pills and was unconscious, I sat at a bedside of a young man 25 dying of aids, I could go on and on. What it taught me was that we NEVER GIVE UP... We move forward and do what we can to help where it is needed. Inside Prison is a "Focus Group" a man who has done 13 years of a 30 year sentence started this to help the teens age 18 and 19 who enter prison doing a life sentence be able to cope. Suicides are happening all the time inside by these young offenders who can't cope with knowing they will never come out into the free world again. Joining together we will make a difference, maybe we can prevent some of the crime in our City and help these teens see a light at the end of the tunnel instead of them standing on a corner selling drugs, or the girl who got raped wanting to end her life because of fear, or the teen who is being bullied and just wants to die. I got a call last night from from a young man asking for help, he was ready to kill himself. Where does it end? It doesn't ....that is why we must carry on and reach out to those in need before it is too late. We believe in working with the Police Department and the Court System to make a better place for these kids to live. If you are interested please let me know...Anne