60th Anniversary Reception
Wednesday, May 18^th, 2011
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Thank you to all who attended!

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Wayne Strom

Dr. Wayne Strom was the keynote speaker at our 60th Anniversary Reception for Friends of Youth.

Dr. Strom was hired by Friends of Youth to serve as its Executive Director in 1962 and served until 1968. He was 27 when he was hired and was interested in the position because he had always wanted to run a home for boys. Shortly after he arrived he found that there wasn't enough money to meet payroll so he became, by default, a fundraiser.

He estimates that he gave 26 Friends of Youth sermons in local churches and 100 talks each year to raise funds. Primary support for the agency was through the United Good Neighbors (now the United Way of King County), the Church Council of Greater Seattle, and individuals and churches throughout the community.

During Dr. Strom's tenure the agency expanded from serving 12 foster youth to 22 youth, and a second home (McEachern) was built on the Griffin property.

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