Success Stories

Here are just a few stories from the many children Wood's Homes has helped over the past 20 years...

I was from an upper middle class family. Bad things like drugs and prostitution didn't happen to good girls like me.

How wrong I was.

I was literally held captive... selling myself to support the pimp's drug addictions and to buy the drugs that would one day control me. [EXIT] gave me the strength and courage to face treatment for my problems and still carries me through rough patches in my life today. I was able to gain the courage I needed to leave a life where I was trapped and to eventually press charges against the people who turned my life completely upside down.

I credit Wood's with saving my life.

former EXIT Community Outreach client now enrolled in the
Bachelor of Applied Justice Studies program at Mount Royal College

One December...

A 14-year-old girl with multiple incidents of violence and abandonment in her life set a fire under the pillow of one her Wood's housemates. No-one was hurt and no-one knew who set the fire. When the truth came out, kids were afraid to be in the same room with her and staff worried she would do it again.

She packed her bag and waited to be told where she was being moved next. Screw up and get sent away -- she knew the drill.

But she didn't know Wood's.

Later, before a judge, she said: 'I just can't understand why they forgave me and didn't kick me out.'

Wood's never gives up - and today this young woman has a future.

Wood's Homes CEO Jane Matheson,
telling the story of one young resident

We would love to hear your success story and how Wood's helped you. Please email your story to askus@woodshomes.ca. Please be assured that all names are kept strictly confidential.