Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Susan Burton

Burton is the founder of the program A New Way of Life Reentry Program. It is designed to help out females that are just released from prison. Most of these offenders would usually end up back in jail, but Burton's program gets them off this path and provides a sober place to live and other support services. Burton has helped over 400 women become clean, and the only thing she asks for in return is that they stay clean, attend 12 step meetings, and enroll in school, get drug treatment or find work. As a former offender herself, she dedicates her life to helping these other women turn their lives around like she did.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/18/cnnheroes.burton/

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  1. hellbobola33February 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Thank you, Susan. You are an inspiration to many.
    Your prayer to make a difference is coming true minute by minute. As an over 60 grandmother of 10, I too, am inspired to create a better world, just as you are doing. As a counselor/grad student, with an assignment on human resilience, I am telling your incredible story. Patricia

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