One works at a Wendy's restaurant. Some do volunteer work. Some attend day programs, learning vocational skills at the New Hope Clubhouse on Eighth Street or socializing at the Monroe Drop In Center on Williams Street. Some days Reding is away attending seminars to keep up to date on job-related information. Other days she catches up on paperwork or takes someone to a doctor or dental appointment.
Fun things happen regularly, too.
They go camping. Reding and another staff member take about 20 men, present and former residents, camping in the woods twice a year. They sleep in tents in the spring and in cabins in the fall. Hurricane Floyd was the most exciting camping trip. It's something they still talk about.