Youth Wellness Home opens this spring

Swain County gives kids in need a safe place to rest as AWAKE delivers services

  • Photo/Sara Eisinger. Bobby Jenkins, Swain County Commissioner and site supervisor, (left to right), Lottie Barker, Swain County Manager, Crystal Jones, AWAKE Children’s Advocacy Center Executive Director, Celeste Young, AWAKE Case Manager, Kristen Brady, AWAKE Manager and Ashley Cook, AWAKE Operational Coordinator discuss the opening of Youth Wellness Home next to the Business Education Training Center in Bryson City Monday, Feb. 17.
    Photo/Sara Eisinger. Bobby Jenkins, Swain County Commissioner and site supervisor, (left to right), Lottie Barker, Swain County Manager, Crystal Jones, AWAKE Children’s Advocacy Center Executive Director, Celeste Young, AWAKE Case Manager, Kristen Brady, AWAKE Manager and Ashley Cook, AWAKE Operational Coordinator discuss the opening of Youth Wellness Home next to the Business Education Training Center in Bryson City Monday, Feb. 17.
    Sara Eisinger sara@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Children in Swain County will have a safe place to lay their head at night thanks to ...

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