Looking Back to 2025: What We Built, What We Learned, and What Comes Next

As 2025 comes to a close, I feel like it is very important for us to stop and reflect not only on things that are visible to the rest of the world but on things that happened behind the scenes at Room To Care. The year did not go exactly as I thought it would at first. However, in many ways, this is exactly what we needed.

Much of the year has been spent in groundwork. In system-building and system-refining. In learning and learning to live with difficult, and at times painful, education. There have been times when we have moved ahead in earnest, times when the progress has been slower, and times when it has required an amount of patience that, at times, I questioned that I had in me. Some plans changed direction. Some doors were closed. And some of those that were open were only reached through persistence.

What actually happened is important and true. Room To Care evolved in a different way and for different reasons. We developed a new website and all that comes with it, so that people are kept informed of the process. We changed our legal status from an LLC to that of a nonprofit organization called and governed by Room To Care, Inc. We started building a Board of Directors that believes in our movement enough to help direct our future. We pushed forward in Through Their Eyes despite moments when things seemed slower than we wanted.

There is so much to be thankful for. For the people who believed in us when things were unsure. For conversations that spurred us towards renewed hope. For what we were able to discover in times of frustration. For the moments of clarity when we pressed past difficult times of creating something of value.

2025 taught us how to construct better foundations. Where we have needed more structure, more definition, more support – 2025 has taught us that. We are already using that knowledge.

Looking ahead to 2026, there really is excitement in the air. The foundation has been laid. The systems are being developed. The future is coming more clearly into focus. We have lofty goals that feel attainable because of all the work that has been done this year. We are entering this new year with purpose in mind.

Room To Care is always meant to provide an opportunity for empathy, education, and action. The mission does not change. What has changed is our readiness to fulfill it. Thank you for being here. Thank you for believing in this work. We are ready for whatever comes next.