Benefit dinner will help Crossroads Youth and Family Center expand

“People come and go in kids’ lives,” said Craig Carlson, executive director of Crossroads Youth and Family Center. “One of our goals is to get adults in their lives constant.”

Crossroads got its start in 1995. The brick building on Main Street in Goldfield has seen some renovations over the years, including to the apartments on the second floor that partially fund the center. Now that it’s been cleaned up, the building is rented out for events, and yoga and exercise classes take place there throughout the week. Its main activity, however, is hosting close to 30 kids and teens every Friday and Saturday evening in a supervised, safe environment where they can have fun.

Carlson said the center has six months of expenses saved up to add a new location in Clarion, but they want to wait until they have a full years’ worth to start looking for a building. He doesn’t want to be unable to sustain a new center once they find a location. “That would be doing the town a great disservice,” he said.

On Tuesday, November 1, Grounded in Clarion will host a benefit dinner and silent auction. The benefit will raise money for a new center, but Carlson said building relationships is the more important thing. “We’re accomplishing the major feat we want to accomplish—awareness,” he said.

For the full story and information about the benefit, see the October 20 edition of the Monitor.