08/24/2026
For all our new friends we met at the festival today… I feel it’s necessary I reintroduce Lue Haven. ❤️
Lue Haven started as a smaller mission than what it is today. I originally wanted to build a residential center here in Guernsey County for youth who’ve aged out of foster care. There aren’t enough respite options here for those newly emancipated or still awaiting placement… so these kids have no choice but to move to another city or county and re-adjust to a whole new life hours away from the case workers, family, friends, and other established supports. This can cause behavior regression, depression, trigger PTSD, abandonment, I digress… it’s a slippery slope that encourages the cycle to continue. I wanted to help fix that.
And they need more than just housing.
So… Lue Haven grew into an organization that prioritizes ANYTHING that ANYONE might need in order to improve their quality of life. I didn’t want to only focus on youth. I wanted to find ways to break the barriers that keep anyone stuck in hardship. And I don’t ever want anyone to have to worry about “being able to afford” care. Whatever our services are at any given time… they will ALWAYS be free. And while thats a barrier in itself just trying to operate on no funding, I do my best to find a way to make it happen.
For example, we’re proud to offer FREE virtual therapy services through Post Storm Therapy with Lizzy Bishop, MAEd, LPCC. These are completely free appointments, designed to make mental health support more accessible.
That said… one thing I want to make very clear as I reintroduce Lue Haven: I could never do this alone.
Lue Haven may have started with an idea in my head and a fire in my belly, but the work itself has never belonged to just me. So much of what we’re able to accomplish happens because of the local organizations, businesses, advocates, volunteers, community leaders, and everyday people who are willing to say, “How can I help?” It really does take a village. That’s the whole point.
We may have different organizations, different roles, different programs, and different ways of serving, but so many of us are working toward the same thing: a healthier, safer, more supported community.
We’re all building the same house. Of course we’re going to share tools.
Sometimes Lue Haven has the resource someone needs. Sometimes another organization does. Sometimes I make a phone call, send someone down the street, ask another person for advice, borrow a table, share a resource, connect two people who should know each other, or just say, “Hey, I have an idea. Wanna help me make it happen?”
That collaboration is woven into everything we do.
And I am genuinely so grateful for it. I’m proud that Lue Haven gets to work alongside so many incredible people in our community who care deeply about our neighbors and are willing to put their hands to the work.
There is plenty of room at this table. There is plenty of work to go around. And there is absolutely no reason any of us should have to do it alone.
That’s the village.
And that’s Lue Haven. 🤍 Thank you so much for coming out to Eagle HealthWorks Festival today and spending part of your day with us. 🤟🏽
