Newspaper Articles
An archive of newspaper articles quoting, referencing the work of, or authored by Carl DeLine.
- New Year’s resolutions from Highland Lakes residents ()
I started keeping a New Year’s resolution in 1974. My wife and I were first married in 1973. January of ’74, we got hit by a blizzard where we lived in Minnesota. It was enough that it buried our garage, buried our house, and it took the community road workers to come and clean us […]
- In second community summit, youth give voice ()
With “Youth Voice” as the name of the organization behind the series of Community Summits on Youth, it was fitting Monday night to hear mainly from that demographic at the second event at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Mankato. For the most part, youth ranging from high school-age to the early 20s provided […]
- Youth summit feedback reveals need for mentors at top priority ()
The feedback from the first Community Summit on Youth is compiled, as is a long list of answers to the question: What do you feel are the top needs of youth in the community? And the top five answers to that question will be presented by youth, ranging in age from early teens to early […]
- Willson Lecture inspires effort to help homeless ()
A group of Oklahoma City volunteers is organizing a program to help homeless adults find their way off the streets. The Open Door is modeled after The Back Door, a highly successful, fifteen-year old program started by Carl DeLine in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. DeLine gave the university’s fall 2002 Willson Lecture. “He talked Mr. and […]
- OKC program launched to help homeless young adults ()
A program to help homeless young adults find their way off the streets is being organized by a group of volunteers in Oklahoma City. Patterned after a 15-year program in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the local program has been dubbed The Open Door, according to Mark Davies, interim dean of the Wimberly School of Religion at […]
- Back Door open for party ()
The Back Door, an outreach to street kids supported largely by Calgary’s Presbyterian, United, Baptist and Anglican churches, will celebrate its 15th anniversary next week with an open house. The Back Door signs 24-month contracts with street kids to help them change their lives. A hundred youth are in the program at any one time, […]
- Program for inner-city homeless gets a trial in rural Minnesota ()
WILLMAR (AP) — The homeless youths that come to The Back Door program here don’t find a case worker or a prepackaged plan to get their lives back on track. Instead, they set their own goals for their own lives. “They decide what they need to work on,” said Melissa Peterson, coordinator of the training […]
- Real change – The Back Door gets homeless off the street and on their feet ()
When Jason Stuart was 21, he was homeless. By the time he was 25, he owned his own home. His remarkable transformation began when he walked through the front door of The Back Door, an amazing grassroots community group that helps young people who are down and out beat the street and lead productive lives. […]
- The Calgary way ()
Allan Muller (far left) of the CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc. branch in Bankers Hall presented three cheques, totaling $25,800 to three different charities on Thurs., March 12 at the Deane House. At his left is Tracey Tibble, also of CIBC Wood Gundy. In the middle is Rod Weed, the coordinator of the Boys and […]
- Prominent Calgarians recall Yuletides past ()
[…] Carl DeLine – an active member of Calgary’s The Friends of the Back Door, a program that helps street kids get back to a normal life – has a special recollection of Christmas in 1980. He and his wife were living in Calgary and decided to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas. They exchanged […]