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Teen on life support after assault at children's home
Ursus:
From the above article, emphasis added:
Greg Elam, board president of One Way Farm, said fights of this severity are "rare events" at the facility.[/list]
Meaning... fights of this severity happen with some frequency?
[Fairfield Twp. Police Chief Richard] St. John said officers are called to the facility fairly often, but mainly on reports of runaway juveniles.[/list]
Always a good sign of a healthy, happy, loving home-like environment — lots of runaways.
Earlier this year, One Way Farm was granted the 2011 Better Business Bureau Torch Award.[/list]
I believe that was from the BBB of Cincinnati. An aside of possible interest, or not, is that a neighboring BBB, namely the BBB of Central Ohio, is headed by Kip Morse, a 1981 graduate of Hyde School, and good chum and twitter pal of Malcolm Gauld.
Anyway, here's an announcement of being a finalist for that award on One Way Farm's Facebook page:
--- Quote ---One Way Farm Children's Home
We are proud to announce that we have been selected by an independent panel of judges to be a finalist in the 2011 Better Business Bureau's Torch Award For marketplace ethics. This prestigious award will be announced October 27, 2011 at the Duke Energy Convention Center. If you would like to share this evening with us, please give Brenda a call or e-mail at bsnowden@onewayfarm.org
Like · Comment · September 1 at 8:20am ·
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Ursus:
Here's One Way Farm founder Barbara Condo receiving the 2011 BBB Torch Award for marketplace ethics:
Barbara Condo, One Way Farm of Fairfield- BBB Torch Award Recipient
[photo taken Oct 27, 2011; uploaded Nov 4, 2011][/list]
Larger image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cincinnatibbb/6313223036/
Ursus:
More pics from that evening; presumably at least some of these other folk are also from One Way Farm:
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One Way Farm of Fairfield- Recipient
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wdtony:
It is a wonder why they took some of the kids out of the place. Thanks for posting the followup article.
Ursus: I have researched programs solely by their websites before and thought they must be great places only to find out later from someone who had been there that it was all a hoax. So I am always suspicious of a program even if it does look benign.
Like I said earlier, it states on their website that there are some long term placements and according to the article posted above, both of these boys are residents of One Way Farm. I wonder what resident means in this facility.
I am concerned about police being called on runaways as a fairly often practice.
"Long-term independent housing."
on this page: http://www.onewayfarm.org/programs.php?id=youth
"We have stay-awake staff twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week."
on this page: http://www.onewayfarm.org/programs.php?id=counseling
wdtony:
One Way Farm Press Release:
http://www.onewayfarm.org/press/press-r ... 122311.pdf
One Way Farm of Fairfield, Inc.
6131 River Road Fairfield, Ohio 45014 or P.O. Box 18637 Fairfield, Ohio 45018
www.onewayfarm.org
MEDIA STATEMENT
From Greg Elam, Board President, One Way Farm
One Way Farm Children’s Home provides year-round, 24-hour care for severely abused,
abandoned, neglected and troubled children, many with mental and physical challenges.
On Monday (12/19/11) evening two of our youth, ages 16 and 17, were involved in an
altercation that resulted in the hospitalization of one of the youth and juvenile detention
of the other. Our deepest sympathies go out to the youth and their families. This
unexpected event has affected many. Please keep all involved in your thoughts and
prayers with us.
We are doing everything possible to understand and to cope with this unfortunate event
that has affected these two youth. The incident is currently under investigation by
Fairfield Township Police and One Way Farm. One Way Farm has served the community
for 34 years and will continue to be a service to children and youth in need for many
years to come. We are working in the best interests of the children now in our care.
They are receiving counseling to protect the progress they have made; this will continue
to support their emotional healing.
We are extremely heartbroken over this event. With more than 9,000 children and youth
coming through the One Way Farm, we have never experienced anything such as this.
visit www.onewayfarm.org
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