Jared's New Job

Jared accomplished one of his goals by getting a job. He will be working at Red Robin as a bus boy. He is excited for the new job and can't wait to start. Congratulations Jared!

Meet Marcus Shaw

Marcus is a proud father a 4 year old daughter, Ava and serves as a mentor for the young men participating in the program.  He's an mountain biker who enjoys sharing his passion for biking and the outdoors with the young men of ATC.

Marcus' positive attitude and humble approach to life make him an influential colleague who enjoys serving young people in achieving their goals.
 

Meet Hilary Evans

Hilary Evans has been with At The Crossroads for a little under a year and loves working with young adults. She serves as a staff colleague and facilitates the life skills groups. She has enjoyed getting to know the young men/women she serves as well as being part of their process of becoming independent.

Hilary has always known what she wanted to do with her life, which is going into social work. While she is not set on exactly where her niche within social work is, she believes working with young people on some level long term is where she would like to be.

Hilary is currently attending Dixie State College and plans to attend the University of Utah's Bachelor of Social Work program next spring here in Southern Utah.

Hilary is currently the volunteer coordinator for a local non-profit organization called the DOVE center. Service, volunteer work, and giving back to the community is a passion and a hobby of hers.

When Hilary is not working or studying, she spends all her free time with her wild and crazy three year old, named Kass. He thinks he is superman and she loves every minute she gets with him. She also loves reading, learning, socializing, nature and yoga.

Meet Travis Visser

Travis Visser is another new addition to the team.
He likes working with ATC because it allows him to share with the guys.
He also enjoys mentoring them through the challenges life offers and on to their own successful independent lives.
Travis has served young people in multiple professional capacities,
he says working with the young men of ATC has been the most rewarding.

Travis enjoys rock climbing, snowboarding, wake boarding and anything outdoors.
He has been married for over 3 years to an amazing wife. He has a little boy who just turned one, Travis loves being a dad.

Travis is currently studying to become a licensed substance abuse counselor.

Meet Magnum Morgan

Magnum has worked at ATC for 6 months now and has enjoyed it. While finishing up his associate’s at Snow College he worked as a residence assistant where he got to help manage and maintain college standards and help students with college life. While working as a resident assistant and helping the young adults he got a spark of interest to pursue a future career with young adults. While working at ATC it has become more than a spark but a passion to help young adults achieve their goals. He is currently enrolled and pursuing a Bachelors degree at Dixie State College in Integrated studies with an emphasis in Psychology and Communications.

Magnum has been married for 4 years to his wonderful supporting wife Andrea and they have a 3 year old son and a daughter on the way. Andrea has received her Bachelors in Elementary Education and had the opportunity of teaching 2^nd grade for a year.

Magnum enjoys anything under the sun. He has had the opportunity of going skateboarding with the students, ultimate Frisbee, hiking, and rock climbing. Being active outside he feels is one of the best medicines and jumps on the opportunity to go outside and have fun.

While working at ATC for the short time that Magnum has, he has learned a lot from the other staff, students, and parents. He enjoys his job and feels it is a great career opportunity and looks forward to helping out many young adults as they strive to better themselves through ATC.

Giving Back

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

Mohandas Gandhi

One of our ten program pathways is, Charity Through Service.  Over the years we've been able to put time and energy into this pathway in many different capacities.  Recently we've been fortunate enough to be involved with our local special olympians.  Every Thursday afternoon Brian and Marcus take a small group of ATC students to hit the lanes with these incredible athletes.  ATC and it's students hope to continue finding themselves through giving of their time, talents and energy to the Special Olympics and other wonderful organizations like them.  
Top Photo: Eric Nick and Gabe pose at the lanes
Bottom Pic: Evan waits with his teammate for his next throw.

Happy New Year!!

At the Crossroads would like to thank all those who made 2011 a memorable year!   We're looking forward to another great year as we work to better meet the needs of the young men and women we serve!