Listening Ear’s youth advisory council, Youth Empowerment Team Initiative (Y.E.T.I.) won the  Family and Youth Services Bureau’s (FYSB) Runaway and Homeless Youth Mural Contest. Listening Ear’s entry was selected by a panel of four FYSB staff and three program youth. Y.E.T.I. received $350 in Home Depot gift cards to design the mural on canvas which will be presented at the National Runaway and Homeless Youth Conference in Portland, Oregon in November 15-17, 2011. Source

Thursday, November 13, 2008
By JEREMY H. DICKMAN
Sun Community Editor

Running a non-profit organization whose calls are on pace to nearly double from two years ago is not an easy job. However, it’s a task Don Schuster takes on every day as the executive director of Listening Ear Crisis Center.

On Nov. 3, Schuster, who is in his 29th year at the helm of the organization, was recognized for his efforts with an award from the Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant for his high ethical standards in the …