Bill Wilson Center Building Dreams 2009

Learn more about Bill Wilson Center in Santa Clara, California. Bill Wilson Center prevents poverty by building connections for youth and families. Meet two former Bill Wilson Center clients and hear about their lives and how Bill Wilson Center helped them:
* Erik, a former foster youth who is now a successful businessman, husband, and father after being connected with a stable foster family through Bill Wilson Center. Erik's foster family later adopted him and became his parents.
* Gabby, a young runaway who was addicted to methamphetamines and who came to Bill Wilson Center when she realized that she either needed to find help or she would end up dead. Bill Wilson Center's youth shelter helped Gabby get her life back in order, connected her with a rehab program, and helped repair her relationship with her mother. Today Gabby has just completed her first year at community college, and her mother is "just like my best friend."

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• Bill Wilson Center
• San Jose
• Santa Clara County
• runaway
• homeless
• youth services