do do do do do do do here we go my name's todd adams this is gathy adams welcome back to yet another

episode of zen parenting radio we have a special guest and our special guest her name is

marine blaha from the national runaway safe line you're the executive director is that right

absolutely well welcome so glad you could have, so glad you can be here.

Thank you.

I'm very happy for this opportunity.

Thank you.

I don't even know what the national runaway safe line is, so help me out.

We are an organization that has been around since 1971, and our mission is to keep America's runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.

We started off as a Chicago land organization, and then in 1974, went national.

And our work is really around supporting young people in a confidential,

non-judgmental way, who are facing some kind of crisis that may have resulted in them

running from home, being kicked out of their homes, they're homeless, or they're struggling with something and

are in some kind of crisis situation looking for help.

So we get a lot of requests for people to want to get on our show.

And I emailed it to Kathy, and Kathy's like, we've got to have her on.

And aside from the importance of the message, you have a personal connection.

Yeah, I was just

telling Maureen upstairs that when I was 27 and I was deciding whether or not to be a social

worker, I wanted to do some volunteer work and I volunteered at the National Runaway. It was called

the National Runaway Switchboard at the time. Isn't that so outdated? So how many times did you do it?

Oh, I was there for like two

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