Founders of Shults Lewis
In 1948, Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Shults provided funding and began to build a facility that would impact children for years to come. They admitted their first child for treatment in 1956. Their love for children was born from a beloved scripture that reads, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and keep oneself from being polluted by the world, James 1:27”. Somehow, they knew children would be distressed. Today, we know that distress is found in all children who have been severely traumatized. We are grateful that Elmer and Deborah left a legacy that would give life, hope, and a home to children in a faith-based environment.
