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Children Feel Transformed at Kurn Hattin

September 11, 2012

Children Feel Transformed at Kurn Hattin

September 11, 2012 | Westminster, VT– Whether it’s been two months or two years, the children’s sentiments about living at Kurn Hattin Homes are profoundly the same. “I’ve never felt this supported.” It’s not just one person they speak about. It’s the entire campus.

Imagine going to a new school and on day one, your first step into the building a student comes running up and says, “Hey, welcome. Let me show you around.” Eighth grader, Thomas Taylor and 6th grader Destiny Howell are just two of the many children who have been transformed by their participation in this child-centered home and school in Westminster, Vermont. 

Destiny, who just arrived just two months ago, can’t get over the physical education opportunities she had. “I couldn’t run a mile before coming here. I already feel so much more healthy and independent too.” Thomas, who’s been at the Homes for two years, has lost weight; gained friends, and sung solo in concerts (He’s always had an amazing voice.) “Before coming here I was bounced around to many schools; I was lonely; I didn’t have any friends. Here at Kurn Hattin, I’ve gotten supported in everything I did or needed to do.” 

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Kurn Hattin Homes’ students, Thomas Taylor and Destiny Howell in front of the Mayo Memorial Center

Kurn Hattin transforms the lives of children and their families forever. Come for a tour and see what Kurn Hattin has to offer you or someone you know. Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster, VT is a charitable home and school for children, ages 6-15, who have been affected by tragedy, social or economic hardship, or other disruption in family life.  For more information visit: https://www.kurnhattin.org

Kurn Hattin Homes is a year-round, charitable home and school for in-need and at-risk boys and girls, ages 6-15, from throughout the northeast.

Contact: Kim Fine
Kurn Hattin Homes
PO Box 127
Westminster, VT 05158
Tel: (802) 721-6914

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Rick Meleski, who graduated from Kurn Hattin Homes in 1975, is today the superintendent of the wastewater treatment facility and the water department for the town of Winchester, New Hampshire. In many ways, the path he’s been on for decades, and the success he’s achieved, started at the Homes. Since beginning his career at the water […]

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