Our Vision
We, the 19th leadership class of Next Level Trainings, worked passionately as part of our transformational curriculum to create a large-scale community service project for Huckleberry House. Together, we raised funds, hosted events, and executed an improvement day to remodel, redecorate, and improve Huckleberry House facilities, all within 39 days
Our Results
$139,693
Fundraised
1,891
Items Donated
3,711
Volunteer Hours
3
Events Held
VIP 19 Columbus proudly supports HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE
In the Columbus area, 2,000 young people are currently homeless. Thousands more are living in unstable households or struggling with unsafe, unsupportive, or abusive relationships at home. Huckleberry House works relentlessly to ensure that not one of them is without hope. With your support, Huckleberry House will be able to expand in a new 56-unit housing complex that will support 17 to 22-year-olds in having stable housing and educational and life skills programming that will support them in transitioning to market rate housing.
The Huckleberry House offers warm beds, hot meals, and a place for at-risk and homeless young people to turn to for the most basic of needs. But stepping in to address the current crisis is not, and never has been, the end game. The Huckleberry House works with youth to identify and build upon strengths, develop new skills, foster community connections, and open doors to opportunities for more stable, more meaningful, and more rewarding futures.
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Our Team
OUR TEAM LEADERS
Team Captains
Kate Dowling
Marcy McCorkle
Heather Sloane
Enrollment Captains
Nate Beaston
Damon Dillard
Kate Dowling
Fundraising Committee
Brett Kowalczyk, Lead
Levana Slabodnick, Lead
Brian Church
Millie Schlabach
Treasurer
Michael Slabodnick
Marketing Committee
Whitnie Goins, Lead
Faith Stegall, Lead
Dave Murphy
Press Secretary
Beth Mallett, Lead
Events Committee
Monica Sanders, Lead
Cheyenne Severence, Lead
Larry D LaPrade, Lead
Therese Ach
Million Dheressa
Communications Committee
David Murphy, Lead
Improvements Committee
Gabrielle Sanchez, Lead
Will Healy, Lead
Ward Fairbee
Nate Beaston
Leslie Baltimore
Matt Miller
Tangible Goods Committee
Jeremy Miller, Lead
Shannon Beaston, Lead
Myra Schlabach
Leslie Baltimore
Social Media Committee
Angela Massara, Lead
Jenna Beard, Lead
Dani Patterson
Gabby Sanchez
Photo Video Committee
Isaiah Ransom, Lead
Yvette Worstall, Lead
Dave Murphy
CSP Liaison
Damon Dillard
Team Hoodie Committee
Danielle Patterson
Duron Pierce
OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Brian Church
Leslie Baltimore
Matt Miller
Millie Schlabach
Million Dheressa
Therese Ach
Ward Fairbee
Wava Hawker
Thank you to our Business Sponsors and Donors
Teens all across central Ohio go to Huckleberry House, if they are in need of shelter and other resources are received and treated with unconditional kindness and respect. The 19th class of Next Level Trainings is supporting Huckleberry House with two Facility Improvement Days. Huckleberry House is a non-profit organization that provides emergency shelter services, a youth crisis hotline, and counseling services along with a transitional living program for formerly homeless youth ages 17-22 in Columbus.