Tuesday - December 22: For the fourth year now Mayor Joe Surace & Pastor Darlene Zanders have hosted the residents of Youth With A Purpose home to a Christmas treat. The home is located in Salineville and is owned and operated by Kate & Dave Moore.
Last Tuesday afternoon the boys accompanied by the Moores were treated to a feast by the Mayor, Zanders and Village employees. Surace got things started with a welcome and Pastor Zanders of the Mount Sinai FBH Church offered grace. WPD Chief Joe Scarabino talked to the guys telling them "if you fail it's because you wanted to quit. If you succeed it's because you wanted to. Never quit. Never give up on yourself."
The feast consisted of fried chicken from Kwik King, pizza from Wellsville's Pizza Hut, potato salad, baked beans and chips. Dessert was a DQ ice cream cake. The Mayor thanked all the Village merchants that made the luncheon possible. Santa gave the fellows an early Christmas present of some video games.
The home is for mostly teen age boys that for one reason or another need a place to stay. Several years ago the Moores decided their mission in life was to provide a place with Christian home environment. They opened up their own home and farm to make such a place possible. With the current economic down turn they have been struggling to make ends meet. The cut backs in funding from government sources was so severe that they had to sell off two horses to eliminate that expense and even had to reduce the number of residents they take in. This is the first year ever they have openly asked for outside help. Where they once had as many as 15 residents that number is now down to eight. A grateful Dave Moore remarked that the folks of Wellsville have been particularly good to the home in recent months.
With the grace of God hopefully they can continue their much needed mission.
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