Today we’d like to introduce you to Yolanda Williams
Hi Yolanda, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I created Dorothy’s Place as a dream that I once had about providing a safe and comfortable place for our children who are displaced and/or homeless. Dorothy’s Place is a haven where kids combine stability with that sense of belonging. So I wanted to provide a facility for young people. This will be a full-time facility that will house our displaced teens providing counseling for all our residents as well as education. At the end of their journey, they will be able to go into the world educated, financially stable, and fully functioning adults.
I lived a very hard life. I lived for a long time with the thought of not having anyone loving me and not feeling wanted. Fortunately, someone stepped into my life who taught me the meaning of hard work and determination and it was life-changing. From that point on I did not want any child to ever feel like they do not belong. So, I created Dorothy’s Place, a place where no child can feel how I felt and to know they are wanted, needed and they are a great addition to our world
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I am Yolanda Williams the owner and founder of Dorothy’s Place.
I created Dorothy’s Place as a dream that I once had about providing a safe and comfortable place for our children who are displace and or homeless. Who found it hard to say that I had someone who was there for me no matter what?
Dorothy Place is a place where kids combined stability with that sense of belonging. I want to provide a facility for teens. Dorothy’s Place will be a full-time facility that will house our displace teens. It will provide counseling for all our residents as well education.
At the end of their journey, they will be able to go into the word educated, stability financial, substance an anything that they think they can need to be able to be functional adults into society.
A little about myself I am a woman who ran away from home from being raped for 10 years of her life. I left home age 15 pregnant did not know what to do. I was living on the streets; I stripped, and I lived a very hard life. The thought of not having that sense of no one loving me and not feeling wanted. I thought love look different ways by showing my body selling my body and being a negative impact on anyone.
But I got someone in my life who taught me the meaning of hard work and with determination I can make anything happen.
From that point on I did not want any child to every feel like they do not belong. So, I created Dorothy’s Place a place where no child can feel I felt and to know they are wanted; needed and they are a great addition to our world
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I love knowing that I am building a place where our kids who has felt neglected that have a place that can have a place they can call home
What would you say have been one of the most important lessons you’ve learned?
That is people in this world that do care and see life a purpose not a task.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.dorothyplaceinc.org
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