There could be no better volunteer to welcome an overwhelmed, non-English speaking newcomer than Sophie Wetzel. Tom, you can't be serious. Sophie, that is exactly why I shared this information with you. We need to be aware of the community impact and opinion such a gift would invite. Our agency was built on trust.
People feel safe coming here.
Asking them to participate in a program whose name brings back horrible memories is inconceivable - it doesn't feel safe. I appreciate that Peter is trying to do something good, and if this was any other organization, this wouldn't be as much of an issue. But this organization is filled with people whose families have suffered at the hands of people like Peter's father. You're going to expand a program, but you're going to lose its participants. That's fine, Tom, but that future may not include me or a lot of the other volunteers that you are used to seeing here every single day.