Ruth Ellis Center Raffle By Katie Coleman and

Ruth Ellis Center Raffle By: Katie Coleman and Erin Collins 8 th Grade Leadership Students

Ground Rules for Round-Up Lesson ● Be Respectful ● Try Your Best ● If any student would like to be excused from this lesson, please ask for a pass to report to the counseling office for Round-Up.

What is Ruth Ellis Center? ●Ruth Ellis Center is an organization that provides shelter for students who need housing due to the inability to stay at home because they are LGBTQ. ●The AMS Leadership students have selected this as a community cause to support. ●The AMS Leadership class has gained donations from area partners to supply items for a student raffle. ●Participation in this lesson and raffle is optional. ●Today you will be introduced to the type of students who benefit from Ruth Ellis Center and what the Center offers for supports.

What Does LGBTQ Stand for? L- Lesbian (A girl who is attracted to girls) G- Gay (When you are attracted to the same gender) B- Bisexual (Attracted to both genders) T- Transgender (You feel that you identify with a different gender) Q- Questioning (You identify as questioning if you don’t want to label yourself but you feel different from others)

What These Words Mean to the LGBTQ Community? ● Some think the way they feel is bad or wrong and need support ● Many students who identifiy as LGBTQ may feel like they don’t fit in and need support at home or school

How Some Parents Feel ● Review of feedback from Ruth Ellis Center shows that: ○ Some parents believe that the way their child feels is bad and wrong and families need support ○ Some families are unable to find solutions together and need other support to have housing for their children ○ Parents are looking for ways to learn to love their

Ruth Ellis Center ● This is where the Ruth Ellis Center comes in ● A non-profit organization There are four main programs: 1. Second Stories Drop In Center 2. Ruth Ellis Health and Wellness Center 3. Ruth Ellis House

Second Stories Drop In Center ● A place for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness to go ● Offers critical support services Includes: ● Meeting space ● Recreational space ● Cyber center

Health and Wellness Center Primary Care: ● Check-ups ● Physical ● Vaccinations ● Transitioning care Behavioral Health: ● Individual counseling ● family/group counseling ● Substance abuse treatment

Ruth’s House ● Foster care for LGBTQ youth between ages of 12 -17 ● Serves up to nine youth in foster care at any given time ● Kids live together, go to school, and help around the house

Family Preservation Program ● Child Protective Services has identified that the family is struggling with child’s identity ● They work with Ruth Ellis Center if the parental mistreatment is related to child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression ● The family works with Ruth Ellis Center for 13

Ruth Ellis Contact Info. To answer any questions you have about the Ruth Ellis Center contact: Mark Erwin-Mc. Cormick (Director) at: Email- mark. mccormick@ruthelliscenter. org or call (313) 365 -3318

What Can You Do To Help the Ruth Ellis Center? ● Leadership is putting on a raffle to help support the Ruth Ellis Center ● All money raised will go to the Center ● Buy raffle tickets and the money will be donated ● Participation is Optional

Raffle Details ● Tickets sold at lunch ● October 30 th through November 3 rd ● Tickets will also be sold at the Halloween dance October 26 ● $1 for 1 ticket ● $2 for 3 tickets

Prizes ● Grand prize is a CHROMEBOOK! Other prizes include: ● Remote Control Car! ● Model Cars ● Notebook THE MORE RAFFLE TICKETS YOU BUY ● Hat and Shirt CHANCE YOU HAVE OF THE BETTER WINNING ONE OF THE PRIZES!!!!!!

When will prizes be announced? Monday Morning Announcements November 6 th

Thank you to: General Motors and Mc. Naughton-Mc. Kay Electric company for the donations!