Our founding mission was to serve the youth within the community; and Provide faith based guidance; Provide a transformational safe place, where they could learn an instrument, sing and have lasting friendships with their peers. We wanted a place that offered safe harbor to all that ask, from addiction, abuse and gangs; a place where kids grow mentally into intelligent responsible adults. Our mission still stands true, we have refined and re-defined what it means. Today we know that to provide "safe harbor to all that ask" is to provide affordable and Transformational housing to anyone that asks, and is willing to work for it. We do not believe that giving away housing is the right thing to do. Our inherent "sense of value", is cost based, work holds value, free is disposable...