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 Sandra's Story
Visiting with Sandra in her cozy apartment in ShelterCare’s
Hawthorn program, it is difficult to believe the hardships and
challenges that the past 35 years have brought her.
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Tracey’s Story
 Tracey is a shining example
of how mental illness does not have to stand in the way of one’s
dreams. In 1993, shortly after moving to Oregon, Tracey sought help for
post-traumatic stress disorder at ShelterCare’s Royal Avenue
program for people experiencing a mental health crisis. Ten years
later, while a resident of ShelterCare’s Hawthorn Apartments
program, Tracey proudly received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Oregon.
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Mike's Story 
As a teenager growing up in California, Mike loved to rock climb
and mountain bike. But one day when he was 19 and sleeping in the
passenger seat of a car driven by his friend, Mike endured an accident
that would change the rest of his life.
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Hank's Story 
Before he found ShelterCare, Hank lived for seven or
eight years at the Eugene Mission, where he slept on military-style
bunk beds in a room with 350 other people. Staff at the mission feared
for Hank’s life because of his frequent seizures and his constant
battle with alcoholism. Hank remembers he would often wake up either in
a hospital or in jail after a night of heavy drinking. Then one day
Hank met Wally Earle.
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Tina and
Alianna's Story
 Alianna
was just two years old when her mother Tina lost her job twelve days
before Christmas.
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