A Helping Hand: The Power of Community Support

When his truck had been broken into by a neighbor boy, he was angry.  When he came to the circle he learned that things hadn’t been easy for the neighbouring family.  The mother was away having cancer treatment and the dad was trying to keep the household running as normally as possible.  The victim thought to himself:  “How can I be a good neighbor and have had no idea the trouble this family was experiencing?”  He volunteered to supervise the sanctions of the offender, one of which was to seek employment, and the victim also became a mentor to the young man.  The offender was successful in getting and maintaining employment.  The victim went on to become a mentor and facilitator with our group.

From a Victim