Educational/Family Services
Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute recognized with literacy award
Delia Drisko’s son Dustin has been out of high school for four years, but his mother knows that he is not ready to enter the adult world. She wants her son to find independence, but she wants to make sure Continue Reading »
Sister Charles Van Hoy awarded Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award for 2012
Sister Charles Van Hoy, an 82-year old Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, has spent the past six years of her “retirement” helping to break boundaries and create hope through her full-time volunteer position at Educational/Family Services (EFS) in West Continue Reading »
Tutoring brings transformation at Educational/Family Services
Three years ago Marlene Abrams was worried about her grandson, Dalton Burry. Dalton, then a second grader at West Vigo Elementary School, didn’t know his ABC’s; he couldn’t read; he couldn’t do basic math. Dalton’s grandfather had died recently, Marlene Continue Reading »
Educational/Family Services changes lives through GED program
Life didn’t get off to the best start for Crystal Maners. The 26-year-old Terre Haute resident says she was sort of like an orphan growing up. Her mom was in and out of her life, as was her dad. “My Continue Reading »
Educational/Family Services and its donors provide young man with a second chance at education
Dale Howk learned the hard way that trying to grow up too fast doesn’t pay. When the now 25-year-old construction worker from Rosedale was attending Riverton Parke High School in Parke County, he said he just wasn’t motivated to do Continue Reading »
A place of Inspiration
This article is reprinted from the summer 2010 issue of HOPE. A white structure sits near the north gate on the Sisters of Providence grounds at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Most people know it simply as “the house on 150.” But for Continue Reading »
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College student takes service learning to heart
A college course’s service learning requirement brought Tiffany Winhold to Educational/Family Services (EFS) in West Terre Haute four years ago. Her experience volunteering there led Winhold to incorporate service into both her daily life and her future goals. Winhold, a Continue Reading »
Volunteers make all the difference at Educational/Family Services
The addition of just one volunteer can make a real difference in someone’s life at Educational/Family Services (EFS) in West Terre Haute. When Ron Horndasch of Terre Haute began giving his time this past September, it allowed the adult GED Continue Reading »
Educational/Family Services summer program focuses on students’ needs
Eight-year-old Brandi Reed has been tutored at Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute for nearly two years, since she was in kindergarten. “I like it. I like the books. It’s a little bit easy. And we get to eat our Continue Reading »
Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
To walk into Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute on a Wednesday after school is to walk into a bustle of activity. It is a place to find masters at work. Volunteer tutors, mostly elderly Sisters of Providence of Saint Continue Reading »