Meet Adelaide Lyall, 2019 Giraffe Award Winner

Adelaide Lyall was trained as a restorative justice facilitator in 2016 and has served as either a facilitator or advocate in more cases than any of the Maine Youth Court's volunteers in their history. Her passion has been t o create a more trauma-informed, therapeutic and supportive approach to youth misbehavior. She has assumed many leadership roles over the years: preparing and presenting in the community, assisting staff in recruiting and training new volunteers, joining the board in 2017 and finally, becoming the board chair in 2018.