Krause Children's Center

Providing help, healing and hope to
troubled boys and girls 11-17

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The 19th Annual BP Tomorrow's Child Golf tournament for Krause Children's Center raised over $130,000. Thank you to all the sponsors and golfers who participated in the event!

Listen to Christina talk about her life today and you might never spy a hint of the troubled past she’s had to work so hard to overcome.

She is happily married with two children and living in a wonderful home. She also has a good relationship with her mother.

Christina’s life was not always so tranquil. Years ago, the frustrations of being a victim of sexual abuse, and the lingering, unfounded guilt over her father’s suicide, bubbled over. She began running away from home and using drugs to escape her problems, that now included physical abuse from her mother’s boyfriend.

“I was severely out of control,” Christina said. “I was driving my mom absolutely wild. She decided it would be safer for me if I was locked up.
I didn’t understand that and I thought she just didn’t want me anymore, so that made me even more self destructive.”

After trying unsuccessfully to turn her life around at three other children’s treatment facilities, Christina found herself at the Krause Children’s Center.

Christina earned her GED while at the Krause Center. Shortly thereafter she enrolled at a community college to pursue a business management degree.

“I think that the one thing that helped me the most was the Krause Center,” she said. “I’m a whole lot better for being there.”

Christina said caring staff and their efforts to make life seem ‘normal’ for residents certainly made a difference. Birthday parties, outings and holiday celebrations made her feel special.

“To have all that stuff helps you have a semi-normal life with normal things when you’re not in a very normal place. It brightens up your life there. It lets you know that people care about you.”

Today, Christina’s goals are to get a business law degree so she can help small companies get their businesses off the ground. She also wants to make sure her own family is healthy and happy.