On Monday I got to attend the 50 Jefferson Avenue apartments open house. The event was to show guests the 39 new apartments built for recovering addicts and their children. Before the tour of the amazing new apartments there was a children's fair and community fair. The kids living in the apartments got the chance to play games and win prizes and the women had the opportunity to learn more about the organizations surrounding their new apartments.
The program began with speeches from partnering organizations and companies that helped make the new apartment complex possible. Cindy Tondee, one of the women living in the new apartments, spoke about what having this apartment means to her and how much Amethyst has helped her. Ginny O'Keeffe also spoke about what these apartments will do for the women and children living in them.
After all of the speeches we got to go on a tour of the apartments. We saw three different apartments and each one was gorgeous. Each woman decorated to make the place their own and each apartment was beautiful. We went to the basement for punch and cookies and also got to see some of the communal spaces in the complex. There was a computer lab and laundry room as well as a space for the kids to run and play and also study. All of the areas were so beautiful and listening to each woman talk about her apartment made me realize how much it really means to them. The open house was a great event and a lot of people turned out to see what Amethyst and the other organizations had built.
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