Patience pays off caring for handicap children
“One of the jobs I had for a few years was watching handicap children on school buses, making sure they were OK. I won’t lie, it was hard at times. You quickly learn that you can’t...
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Students learn skills to help them land jobs
“I really enjoy seeing our Opportunity Center clients succeed in life and accomplish things they never thought they could. “I saw a little girl today who mentioned that she just wrote her name, which was a...
High school graduation ‘biggest day of my life’
“I have a psychiatric disorder. It started getting pretty bad after my grandpa passed on. I began going in and out of psych units. I’ve had some issues, but as long as I continue to take...
Longtime service dog ‘my family on four legs’
“Taylor is my service dog. Basically, he’s kept me alive. He can dial 911, open and close doors, turn lights off and on. He’s a real companion, too. “I have no family, so he’s my family...
