The youth group home known as the Center for Children and Young Adults celebrated its 30th anniversary June 4, 2015, according to a news item of the same date. To mark the occasion, center officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new recreational area.
Visitors were invited to tour the facility and play basketball games with some of the home's residents. The center comprises three buildings that can house up to 39 young people, ages 7 to 20.
Kim Borna, the Center's CEO and a former child abuse attorney, said the new recreation area was paid for by a $100,000 grant from A Million Matters, a charity based in Atlanta. The new area includes full basketball and volleyball courts, a barbecue area, two four-square play areas, and pavilions.
She noted the new recreational facilities will greatly expand the Center's ability to offer programs to its residents.
Borna is quick to point out that the Center is not a detention facility, as this is a mistake some people make. Rather, it provides shelter for children who have nowhere else to go, and who may have been abused or abandoned by parents or other caregivers. She says the kids are “amazing . . . brave and courageous,” and adds she wishes everyone could get to know them because they are strong, hard workers.
Borna might work with a postcard printing company to create a card to mail to Marietta residents, inviting them to visit and support the center.
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