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KCCHA's Community Services Director Deb Howard is quick to point out that these pro-grams depend on private and public organizations to make them successful.

"For example, KeyBank donated $5,000 so we could buy computers for our Homework Club at Fairview, one of our Public Housing neighborhoods. The Central Kitsap School District is letting us use a school portable for this program," Howard explains. "We just got a Housing and Urban Development Resident Opportunity Self-Sufficiency Grant, and we're partnering with everyone from the YWCA to the Literacy Council.

"And of course we couldn't do it without our volunteers." The kind of volunteers who are willing to be there to encourage kids like Alexis as they work their way up and over steep challenges - either at Vertical World or in life.

IN MEMORIAM
Kerry Ogden, 1959-1999

We will miss Kerry Ogden, who started out
as a volunteer for our summer program in
1996, then became involved in the
Homework Club. Kerry was working
toward her Master's in Teaching, but what
we will remember her for is the extra time
she took with kids new to this country.
She surmounted language and cultural
barriers to help these kids feel part of the
community and achieve academically.

Thank you, Kerry. We miss you.


		"You can do it!" Alexis' team member Crystal cheers her on. The Teen Challenge Program teaches members, who come from diverse backgrounds, to trust and support each other.		ranging from rental apartments to self-help homes. The Homework Club, through KCCHA's Drug Elimination grant, is an award-winning program offering after-school tutorial help. The Family Self-Sufficiency Program gives practical help for maintaining a stable family unit and creating economic independence. KCCHA's Community Services Director Deb Howard is quick to point out that these pro-grams depend on private and public organizations to make them successful. "For example, KeyBank donated $5,000 so we could buy computers for our Homework Club at Fairview, one of our Public Housing neighborhoods. The Central Kitsap School District is letting us use a school portable for this program," Howard explains. "We just got a Housing and Urban Development Resident Opportunity Self-Sufficiency Grant, and we're partnering with everyone from the YWCA to the Literacy Council. "And of course we couldn't do it without our volunteers." The kind of volunteers who are willing to be there to encourage kids like Alexis as they work their way up and over steep challenges - either at Vertical World or in life. IN MEMORIAM Kerry Ogden, 1959-1999 We will miss Kerry Ogden, who started out as a volunteer for our summer program in 1996, then became involved in the Homework Club. Kerry was working toward her Master's in Teaching, but what we will remember her for is the extra time she took with kids new to this country. She surmounted language and cultural barriers to help these kids feel part of the community and achieve academically. Thank you, Kerry. We miss you.

		"For a long time at school I didn't like people and didn't think I fit in, says now bubbly Alexis, " with some Teen Challenge members and volunteers. "But Teen Challenge is an outlet for me to express my problems and realize, I CAN do this, whatever it is."