<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2007/peaceful-place-children.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Peaceful Place for Children</title><excerpt>A bruised and battered 5-year-old spent endless hours chained to a pipe under the kitchen sink. Siblings were kept in cages and starved, shut away from the world. A suicidal teenager dashed into the path of a car on busy freeway. These are just a few of the horrific scenarios Steve Elson ’67 has confronted. Fortunately these youngsters survived their ordeals and found a haven at Casa Pacifica, a facility for abused, neglected and troubled children that Steve directs in Camarillo, Calif.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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