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ED 413 112 TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME PS 025 997 Head Start Success Stories: Accounts of Personal Achievements. National Head Start Association, Alexandria, VA. 1995-00-00 381p.; For 1990 version, see ED 319 481. National Head Start Association, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, MD 20604-0753; phone: 800-687-5044 (Catalog No. P125; members, $20, plus $4 shipping; nonmembers, $25, plus $6 shipping. Make check, money order, or purchase order payable to NHSA. VISA and MasterCard accepted). Reports Descriptive (141) MF01/PC16 Plus Postage. *Academic Achievement; Community Benefits; Community Development; Compensatory Education; Disadvantaged; Family Life; *Outcomes of Education; Parent Participation; Preschool Education; *Profiles; *Program Descriptions; *Program Effectiveness; Self Esteem; Student Improvement Program Characteristics; *Project Head Start; *Testimonials This publication presents a collection of true stories that demonstrate the ways in which children's, parent's, and staff's lives have been enriched as a result of their involvement with Project Head Start. The stories describe remarkable achievements of individuals, often made in the face of great disadvantages and difficult circumstances, which illustrate, through real-life situations Head Start's benefits to children, families, and communities. The individual's accomplishments and the rdle,(Hcad Start played in his or her life and success are summarized. The first section of the collection consists of 135 Head Start graduate success stories, and lists the role Head Start played in the graduates' successful education. The second section consists of 170 parent success stories, and shows the importance of the support and assistance Head Start parents received. The third section consists of 136 staff success stories, and shows the success of Head Start volunteers and employees. The fourth section consists of 126 testimonials from persons involved in a variety of ways with the Head Start Program. (SD) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************

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Page 1: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

ED 413 112

TITLE

INSTITUTIONPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

PUB TYPEEDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIFIERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

PS 025 997

Head Start Success Stories: Accounts of PersonalAchievements.National Head Start Association, Alexandria, VA.1995-00-00381p.; For 1990 version, see ED 319 481.National Head Start Association, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, MD20604-0753; phone: 800-687-5044 (Catalog No. P125; members,$20, plus $4 shipping; nonmembers, $25, plus $6 shipping.Make check, money order, or purchase order payable to NHSA.VISA and MasterCard accepted).Reports Descriptive (141)MF01/PC16 Plus Postage.*Academic Achievement; Community Benefits; CommunityDevelopment; Compensatory Education; Disadvantaged; FamilyLife; *Outcomes of Education; Parent Participation;Preschool Education; *Profiles; *Program Descriptions;*Program Effectiveness; Self Esteem; Student ImprovementProgram Characteristics; *Project Head Start; *Testimonials

This publication presents a collection of true stories thatdemonstrate the ways in which children's, parent's, and staff's lives havebeen enriched as a result of their involvement with Project Head Start. Thestories describe remarkable achievements of individuals, often made in theface of great disadvantages and difficult circumstances, which illustrate,through real-life situations Head Start's benefits to children, families, andcommunities. The individual's accomplishments and the rdle,(Hcad Start playedin his or her life and success are summarized. The first section of thecollection consists of 135 Head Start graduate success stories, and lists therole Head Start played in the graduates' successful education. The secondsection consists of 170 parent success stories, and shows the importance ofthe support and assistance Head Start parents received. The third sectionconsists of 136 staff success stories, and shows the success of Head Startvolunteers and employees. The fourth section consists of 126 testimonialsfrom persons involved in a variety of ways with the Head Start Program. (SD)

********************************************************************************

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

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is a

sop

hom

ore

in h

igh

Cla

renc

e E

dwar

d A

ntho

ny is

Low

ell i

s st

udyi

ng m

edic

ine

Adr

ienn

e gr

adua

ted

from

hig

hsc

hool

and

mai

ntai

ns a

hig

hst

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ng f

or a

Ph.

D. i

n pu

blic

and

will

gra

duat

e in

199

6. H

esc

hool

as

an h

onor

stu

dent

. She

aver

age.

He

is in

volv

ed in

spo

rts

adm

inis

trat

ion.

He

has

earn

ed a

had

a su

cces

sful

hig

h sc

hool

and

was

an

activ

e m

embe

r of

the

4-H

incl

udin

g fo

otba

ll, w

rest

ling,

and

base

ball.

He

is a

pos

itive

rol

em

odel

for

oth

er y

oung

adu

lts in

mas

ter's

of

publ

ic a

dmin

istr

atio

n,

a B

.A. i

n cr

imin

al ju

stic

e, a

nd a

nas

soci

ate

of a

rts

degr

ee. H

e is

the

univ

ersi

ty c

aree

r, p

artic

ipat

ed in

spor

ts a

nd o

ther

act

iviti

es,

atte

nded

the

univ

ersi

ty o

n a

full

Clu

b, h

igh

scho

ol b

aske

tbal

l

team

, and

you

th g

roup

of

her

chur

ch. S

he is

pre

sent

ly a

thi

s co

mm

unity

.vi

ce p

resi

dent

of

the

Will

iam

R.

scho

lars

hip,

and

rec

eive

d a

Lou

isia

na T

echn

ical

Col

lege

and

Hou

gh C

ompa

ny, h

as m

anag

edSt

uden

t of

the

Yea

r aw

ard

in 1

992

will

gra

duat

e w

ith a

B.A

. in

a sm

all b

usin

ess,

taug

ht, w

orke

dw

hile

a p

re-m

ed s

tude

nt. H

ejo

urna

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in A

ugus

t 199

5. S

heas

a c

ity a

nd r

egio

nal p

lann

er,

serv

ed o

n bo

ards

of

dire

ctor

s,

and

rece

ived

man

y aw

ards

for

lead

ersh

ip a

nd s

chol

arsh

ip.

grad

uate

d fr

om th

e un

iver

sity

with

hon

ors.

will

als

o re

ceiv

e a

B.A

. deg

ree

in

polit

ical

sci

ence

.

G2

Hea

d St

art G

radu

ate

Succ

ess

Stor

ies

17

Page 10: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

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arne

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Nor

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mer

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he w

as a

n

hono

r st

uden

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m g

rade

sch

ool

mai

ntai

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a h

igh

aver

age.

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gets

alo

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ell w

ith th

e st

uden

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nds

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mpi

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hel

d in

thro

ugh

high

sch

ool.

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igh

and

teac

hers

and

is in

volv

ed in

May

199

2. W

es w

on a

sch

olar

-sc

hool

she

was

ele

cted

to o

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eco

mm

unity

act

iviti

es. H

e ho

pes

athl

ete

awar

d in

hig

h sc

hool

and

and

was

invo

lved

in a

thle

tics.

She

to a

ttend

col

lege

and

maj

or in

atte

nded

Joh

nson

Cou

nty

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mun

ity C

olle

ge.

is c

urre

ntly

a s

tude

nt in

col

lege

and

plan

s to

maj

or in

ele

men

tary

educ

atio

n so

she

can

giv

e

som

ethi

ng b

ack

as a

teac

her.

civi

l eng

inee

ring

.

18

Dan

ielle

Bel

son

P.O

. Box

55

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nd C

otea

u, L

A 7

0541

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8) 6

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584

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18)

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ielle

atte

nded

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d St

art

in 1

966

and

1967

. She

then

atte

nded

ele

men

tary

sch

ool,

high

scho

ol, a

nd e

arne

d sc

hola

rshi

ps

to c

olle

ges.

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gra

duat

ed w

itha

B.S

. in

scie

nce.

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er s

he

wor

ked

as a

pol

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offi

cer

and

was

pro

mot

ed to

det

ectiv

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hepu

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d a

mas

ter's

deg

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in li

bera

l

arts

and

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pur

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anie

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lso

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wor

k w

ith th

eho

mel

ess.

alc

ohol

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and

abu

sed

child

ren

and

plan

s to

vol

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her

hom

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mm

unity

aft

er s

hegr

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19H

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Nam

eA

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ayne

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nett

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ayne

Ben

nett

was

succ

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bot

h el

emen

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scho

ol a

nd h

igh

scho

ol a

nd w

as

very

act

ive

in s

port

s an

d ot

her

activ

ities

. He

maj

ored

in b

usin

ess

adm

inis

trat

ion

in c

olle

ge,

grad

uate

d in

198

8, a

nd w

asem

ploy

ed b

y th

e Po

tom

ac V

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k as

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Bla

nton

gra

duat

ed f

rom

high

sch

ool a

nd a

ttend

ed c

olle

ge.

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then

ent

ered

a p

olic

e ac

adem

y

and

is n

ow e

mpl

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by

the

Ken

tuck

y St

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a, in

1976

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e ha

s si

nce

grad

uate

d fr

om S

aras

ota

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hSc

hool

and

atte

nds

colle

ge. H

e ha

s

gone

thro

ugh

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ncy

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trai

ning

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fir

eman

scho

ol, g

radu

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cond

in h

is

clas

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e w

orks

as

a fi

refi

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r an

d

emer

genc

y se

rvic

e st

aff

mem

ber

and

cont

inue

s to

atte

nd c

olle

ge

clas

ses.

He

also

wor

ks f

or a

vete

rina

rian

as

an a

ssis

tant

.

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eik

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igh

scho

ol in

199

0 an

d w

as th

ere

cipi

ent o

f m

any

acad

emic

awar

ds a

nd a

thle

tic a

chie

vem

ent

awar

ds. S

he w

as e

lect

ed to

sch

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lead

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ons

and

grad

uate

d w

ith h

onor

s. S

heat

tend

ed a

uni

vers

ity f

or a

yea

r

and

then

was

sel

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atte

nd a

radi

olog

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chno

logy

pro

gram

.

She

grad

uate

d fr

om th

e pr

ogra

min

199

3 an

d is

pre

sent

ly w

orki

ngat

the

hosp

ital w

here

she

atte

nded

scho

ol.

Page 12: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

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hael

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law

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hom

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sm

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sev

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pro

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igh

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onor

s.

abus

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he p

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thle

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com

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e w

as a

mod

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e qu

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llege

and

law

sch

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nd w

onan

d re

ceiv

ed a

n as

soci

ate

degr

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and

at th

e to

p of

his

cla

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non

the

juni

or h

igh

foot

ball

team

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vera

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ards

for

sch

olar

ship

and

polit

ical

sci

ence

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also

rec

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juni

or h

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high

sch

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unity

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wor

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enta

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on

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egr

adua

ted

from

hig

h sc

hool

as

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salu

tato

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and

is n

ow a

ttend

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nive

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on

a fu

ll

scho

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am

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to b

ean

acc

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pend

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serv

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n th

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ard

of d

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tors

of

man

y ci

vic

orga

niza

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scie

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from

a s

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rst m

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choo

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str

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alue

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d

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n ea

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men

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stu

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dat

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rant

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rece

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sci

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fai

r aw

ards

, was

activ

e in

ath

letic

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he e

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ed th

ecr

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d w

as c

hose

na

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radu

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child

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grad

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vale

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high

sch

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lass

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er h

e

rece

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a B

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aw

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atte

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on H

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ceiv

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iden

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from

bot

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the

high

sch

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ry M

artin

was

the

salu

tato

rian

from

hig

h sc

hool

and

fro

m a

scho

ol a

nd c

olle

ge. S

he e

arne

d a

salu

tato

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of

his

clas

s an

d an

of h

is h

igh

scho

ol a

nd o

n th

eco

mm

unity

col

lege

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is n

ow a

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educ

atio

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cur

rent

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stud

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n co

llege

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acad

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car

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sci

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the

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men

tary

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als

o te

ache

san

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s pr

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er h

e re

ceiv

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lpha

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nive

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ring

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is n

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as

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clin

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62

Pat

rick

Pra

ter

Tam

era

Jean

ine

Pra

ter

P.O

. Box

4Sa

lyer

svill

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Y 4

1465

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educ

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d is

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radu

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from

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and

atte

nded

aco

mm

unity

col

lege

. She

ear

ned

an

asso

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then

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here

she

ear

ned

a B

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degr

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bus

ines

s ad

min

istr

atio

n.

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now

ow

ns a

nd o

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tes

her

own

busi

ness

, Mer

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nnex

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e

reac

hed

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seve

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e. D

urin

ghe

r te

enag

e ye

ars,

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inia

atte

nded

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ion

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rant

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stud

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in

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wor

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team

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e So

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appi

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r. R

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Nam

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Nic

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te 2

, Box

310

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lous

as, L

A 7

0570

(318

) 54

3-70

55

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the

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in b

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elem

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1958

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e is

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hig

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hool

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rece

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letic

aw

ards

and

late

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tend

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nive

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of

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isia

na o

n a

full

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hip.

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plet

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198

8 an

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ach.

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Mar

vaer

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duat

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bot

hhi

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choo

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col

lege

. She

wor

ked

in b

illin

g at

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mco

and

then

as

an in

sura

nce

cler

k.C

urre

ntly

she

is e

mpl

oyed

with

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lth S

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ms

in B

aton

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na R

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1994

.

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Nam

eA

ddre

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Pho

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Con

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Pho

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Gre

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Way

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r

HC

60,

Box

497

Saly

ersv

ille,

KY

414

65

h(60

6) 3

49-5

286

w(6

06)

886-

6681

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Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

290

Saly

ersv

ille,

KY

414

65

(606

) 34

9-34

88

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crip

tion

Gre

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Way

ne S

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ceiv

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his

high

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iplo

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and

bega

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s a

sale

scle

rk. H

e

now

wor

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art a

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as

wor

ked

his

way

up

to a

ssis

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man

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help

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peni

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tore

s fo

r th

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man

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her

stat

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66

Jerr

icka

San

tos

Rou

te 2

, Box

229

B

Vid

alia

, GA

304

74

(912

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6-41

93

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304

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is a

14-

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str

aigh

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stud

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bs H

igh

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and

plan

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go

to c

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be

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teri

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er a

cade

mic

suc

cess

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a's

mot

her

was

initi

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rel

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let h

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ttend

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he h

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kept

her

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whe

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fiel

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whe

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the

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that

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wou

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(617

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from

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hman

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787

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serv

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to s

choo

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67H

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radu

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Sto

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eA

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ss

Pho

ne

Con

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Titl

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Ani

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C 2

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Ale

xand

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VA

223

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(703

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for

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a p

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her

com

mun

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r is

a

seni

or a

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girl

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bega

n th

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of p

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on

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G28

Hea

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tart

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torie

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The

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P.O

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121

3B

aton

Rou

ge, L

A 7

0821

h(50

4) 9

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944

w(5

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272-

3090

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0571

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d St

art

philo

soph

y of

ass

istin

g th

e en

tire

fam

ily. F

redy

e be

lieve

s th

at H

ead

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t par

ents

not

onl

y le

arn

abou

tth

e ne

eds

of th

eir

child

ren,

but

how

to w

ork

with

sta

ff a

nd a

cces

sth

e co

mm

unity

res

ourc

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vaila

ble

to th

em. S

he f

eels

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lear

ning

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erie

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chi

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ere

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roug

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n ar

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her

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nt.

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sin

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rear

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aria

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e a

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he h

asth

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child

ren.

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lear

ned

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tH

ead

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t for

fiv

e ye

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nt th

roug

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me

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activ

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ter

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prog

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rtic

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ing

in f

und

her

youn

gest

chi

ld in

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d St

art.

in th

e pr

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s of

sea

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ng f

or a

volu

ntee

r an

d as

sum

ed le

ader

ship

rais

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coo

rdin

atio

n of

a h

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fair

, pla

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nd c

omm

unity

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ley

earn

ed h

er G

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driv

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nse,

and

was

acc

epte

din

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ckfe

et C

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unity

job.

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has

had

thre

e of

her

child

ren

and

one

of h

er h

usba

nd's

posi

tions

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bec

ame

mor

ese

lf-a

ssur

ed a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

all

coor

dina

tion.

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is a

lso

activ

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lege

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has

mai

ntai

ned

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n in

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f th

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her

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mun

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as b

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lars

hip.

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mat

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obta

ined

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ater

, she

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her

hus

band

mad

e a

dona

tion

to H

ead

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help

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amili

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274

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Kri

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d he

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sban

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ere

atte

ndin

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hool

ful

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uld

not a

ffor

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con

tinue

. Kri

sis

the

mot

her

of th

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had

ear

ned

a G

ED

and

was

cer

tifie

d as

anu

rsin

g as

sist

ant a

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er g

oal w

asto

bec

ome

a re

gist

ered

nur

se. H

erna

me

was

sub

mitt

ed f

or a

scho

lars

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she

was

aw

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full

scho

lars

hip

to p

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in H

ead

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e ea

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an

earl

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duca

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em

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loca

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a s

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rent

of

thre

ech

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n, a

ll of

who

m a

ttend

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ead

Star

t. W

hile

her

sec

ond

child

was

at H

ead

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t, sh

ese

cure

d a

supe

rvis

ory

posi

tion

ata

loca

l man

ufac

turi

ng p

lant

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e co

ntin

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to b

e em

ploy

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tth

e pl

ant.

123

Elle

n Le

ach

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ills,

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Whe

n E

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was

17

and

preg

nant

,sh

e m

arri

ed a

nd th

en h

ad a

noth

erch

ild. T

hey

lived

with

her

in-l

aws

from

cri

sis

to c

risi

s un

til s

he le

ft.

Hea

d St

art t

urne

d he

r lif

e ar

ound

.Sh

e is

now

a r

egis

tere

d nu

rse

with

a B

SN d

egre

e, h

appi

ly m

arri

ed,

and

a ho

me

owne

r. H

er c

hild

ren

are

achi

evin

g at

sch

ool,

hold

ing

jobs

, and

sav

ing

mon

ey. E

llen'

sex

posu

re to

par

entin

g sk

ills,

nutr

ition

, bud

getin

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hair

ing

com

mitt

ees,

atte

ndin

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eetin

gs,

and

setti

ng g

oals

gav

e he

r th

eim

petu

s to

app

ly f

or f

inan

cial

aid

for

colle

ge. S

he w

rite

s, "

Thr

ough

all m

y ha

rd w

ork,

tear

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d fe

ars,

I m

ight

nev

er h

ave

take

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e fi

rst

step

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initi

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chan

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Hea

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adn'

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vide

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idge

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alk

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amily

rec

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d a

prod

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esty

le, i

nclu

ding

com

mun

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volv

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t...H

ead

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elin

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Dia

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ho b

enef

itted

fro

m H

ead

Star

t.en

rolle

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a c

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unity

col

lege

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ate.

She

trie

s to

kee

p he

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sts

She

was

a s

ingl

e pa

rent

and

a h

igh

She

is a

sin

gle

pare

nt w

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our

dow

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she

can

hel

p he

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s.sc

hool

dro

pout

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d St

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taff

child

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is tr

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to d

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dev

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she

obt

ain

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d pr

aise

d he

r ac

com

plis

hmen

tbe

st f

or h

er f

amily

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viou

sly

she

lack

ed th

e co

nfid

ence

to a

ttend

and

plan

s to

go

to s

choo

l to

earn

whe

n sh

e di

d. L

ater

she

ear

ned

asc

hool

but

the

Hea

d St

art s

taff

a C

DA

. In

the

futu

re s

he w

ants

tofo

ur y

ear

degr

ee in

soc

ial w

ork

was

abl

e to

off

er h

er th

e ne

eded

beco

me

a te

ache

r.an

d re

ceiv

ed a

nat

iona

l $1,

000

scho

lars

hip

from

the

Nat

iona

len

cour

agem

ent.

Ass

ocia

tion

of H

ead

Star

t par

ents

.Sh

e w

rite

s, "

I ap

prec

iate

the

diff

eren

ce H

ead

Star

t has

mad

e in

the

life

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y en

tire

fam

ily!"

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Mot

ter

Mar

tin

Jean

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hild

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ead

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r al

mos

t 28

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er c

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col

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duat

es n

owan

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tabl

ishe

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the

busi

ness

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read

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ead

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at th

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pene

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oin

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wri

tes

that

she

has

alw

ays

felt

that

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ead

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gram

was

the

best

idea

that

was

eve

r on

the

educ

atio

n ag

enda

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Fam

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her

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1995

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rant

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f th

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mitt

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hair

pers

on o

fth

e H

ead

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ncil

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r to

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her

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here

she

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von

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nue

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late

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ull t

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orks

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each

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en s

pent

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taff

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o ch

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n an

d is

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lved

with

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uman

ity. S

hebe

cam

e a

hom

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in 1

994

thro

ugh

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itat a

nd c

ontin

ues

asa

part

ner

with

ano

ther

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itat

fam

ily. S

he p

artic

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man

yot

her

com

mun

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ctiv

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and

sing

s in

a g

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Whe

n Je

nnif

er b

ecam

e in

volv

edin

Hea

d St

art,

she

deve

lope

dse

lf-a

ssur

ance

. She

vol

unte

ered

with

Hea

d St

art f

or th

ree

year

san

d th

en a

ccep

ted

a ci

vil s

ervi

cejo

b. S

he a

lso

has

a pa

rt ti

me

woo

dwor

king

bus

ines

s. S

he is

asi

ngle

mot

her

of f

our

child

ren

who

cre

dits

Hea

d St

art w

ithhe

r su

cces

s.

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t Ore

ngo

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ay P

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lli

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nt I

nvol

vem

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art

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rtla

nd S

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Jane

t's f

amily

mov

ed to

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sylv

ania

thre

e ye

ars

ago.

She

was

inte

rest

ed in

fin

ding

apr

esch

ool p

rogr

am f

or h

er o

nly

child

, enr

olle

d hi

m in

Hea

d St

art,

and

beca

me

invo

lved

invo

lunt

eeri

ng. S

he g

aine

dco

nfid

ence

in h

erse

lf a

nd h

erab

ilitie

s, a

nd is

hap

py to

be

invo

lved

in h

er s

on's

edu

catio

n.H

er s

on h

as b

ecom

e m

ore

inde

pend

ent a

nd c

onfi

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ceiv

es s

peec

h th

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y, a

nd is

now

invo

lved

in a

noth

er lo

cal

prog

ram

for

chi

ldre

n hi

s ag

e.

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the

succ

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furt

her

her

educ

atio

n an

d ob

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a jo

b to

sup

port

her

fam

ily. A

fter

she

divo

rced

, she

vol

unte

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at

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d St

art a

nd to

ok th

e ad

vice

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staf

f w

ho a

dvis

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enr

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nbu

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lass

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he n

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as a

job

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fice

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faci

lity

whe

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he a

ttend

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lass

es. S

he is

now

pla

nnin

g to

mar

ry a

nd is

very

invo

lved

in h

er c

hurc

h. L

ori

ofte

n m

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that

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d St

art

was

her

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fam

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ette

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t. Je

anet

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husb

and

pass

ed a

way

and

she

wen

t to

colle

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or 1

.5 y

ears

and

then

wor

ked

in th

e pu

blic

scho

ols.

She

then

wor

ked

in a

high

sch

ool a

nd n

ow is

the

secr

etar

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an

elem

enta

ry s

choo

lbu

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g th

at h

ouse

s H

ead

Star

t.Sh

e ha

s he

lped

in h

er c

omm

unity

as a

Gir

l Sco

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ader

, chu

rch

mem

ber,

and

in th

e sc

hool

s.H

er d

augh

ter

is n

ow a

gra

duat

est

uden

t and

wor

ks a

s a

mul

ti-cu

ltura

l coo

rdin

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for

a c

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ly e

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d a

two

year

ass

ocia

teof

art

s de

gree

and

bec

ame

cert

ifie

d as

a c

hem

ical

depe

nden

cy p

ract

ition

er a

nd a

s a

prev

entio

n sp

ecia

list.

Cur

rent

lysh

e is

pur

suin

g a

four

yea

r de

gree

at a

uni

vers

ity. S

he h

as b

een

aH

ead

Star

t par

ent f

or th

ree

year

s.

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n vo

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t. Sh

e re

ceiv

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eras

soci

ate

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rts

degr

ee w

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ghes

t hon

ors

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0 gr

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arni

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an S

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Cer

tific

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nan

d pl

ans

to c

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n a

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. deg

ree

in p

sych

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hew

orks

par

t tim

e at

a li

brar

y.

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d S

tart

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ent S

ucce

ss S

torie

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h D

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cer

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e, N

Y

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lis S

imm

ons

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tL

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ead

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t Chi

ldD

evel

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ent S

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ces

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e, N

Y 1

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Tod

ay R

uth

Perc

er h

as a

nas

soci

ate'

s de

gree

in e

arly

chi

ld-

hood

and

hol

ds a

goo

d jo

b. S

hegi

ves

the

cred

it to

Hea

d St

art a

ndth

eir

fam

ily c

ouns

elor

s fo

rhe

lpin

g he

r ge

t a n

ew s

tart

in li

fe.

With

the

help

of

Hea

d St

art,

Rut

h w

as a

ble

to o

verc

ome

asu

bsta

nce

abus

e pr

oble

m, f

ind

empl

oym

ent,

obta

in a

GE

D, a

ndge

t her

chi

ldre

n to

sch

ool o

n tim

ein

the

mor

ning

! It

was

har

d w

ork

but R

uth

pers

ever

ed a

nd is

now

grat

eful

. "I

will

alw

ays

trus

t the

peop

le in

Hea

d St

art,"

she

wro

te.

Vic

ki P

erpi

nan

The

Reg

iste

r G

uard

Eug

ene,

OR

Vic

ki P

erpi

nan,

her

hus

band

, and

thei

r fi

ve c

hild

ren

lived

in a

Vol

ksw

agon

bus

at t

heir

low

est

poin

t. H

ead

Star

t off

ered

the

fam

ily th

e op

port

unity

to b

reak

out o

f po

vert

y an

d th

ey d

id. V

icki

beca

me

invo

lved

as

a vo

lunt

eer,

ale

ader

, and

a c

apab

le s

tude

nt. S

heto

ok a

dvan

tage

of

liter

acy,

fam

ilyco

unse

ling,

and

hou

seho

ldm

anag

emen

t pro

gram

s. H

erta

lent

s w

ere

reco

gniz

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t, sh

e re

pres

ente

d th

e pr

ogra

mat

con

fere

nces

, and

now

she

is a

cons

ulta

nt o

ffer

ing

advi

ce a

bout

pare

nt in

volv

emen

t for

pro

gram

sot

her

than

Hea

d St

art.

Her

goa

lsar

e to

ear

n a

polit

ical

sci

ence

degr

ee a

nd r

un f

or p

ublic

off

ice.

139

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istin

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erry

113

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Y 1

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rW

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nty

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ead

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Y 1

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e vo

lunt

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her

tim

eto

Hea

d St

art a

s th

e pa

rent

gro

upse

cret

ary.

She

is e

mpl

oyed

by

M.C

. Man

agem

ent.

She

show

sre

ntal

pro

pert

ies

to p

rosp

ectiv

ere

nter

s an

d ov

erse

es th

e fi

rm's

acco

unts

.

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Jam

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d St

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g as

the

chai

rper

son

of th

e po

licy

coun

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cent

er p

aren

t gro

up. H

eha

s vo

lunt

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d co

untle

ss h

ours

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cent

er a

nd is

now

em

ploy

edby

M.C

. Man

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d St

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as e

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edse

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com

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heco

ntin

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her

invo

lvem

ent i

n th

epr

ogra

m e

ven

afte

r he

r tw

och

ildre

n w

ent t

o ki

nder

gart

en.

She

is n

ow th

e ed

itor

of th

epa

rent

new

slet

ter

and

plan

s to

purs

ue w

ritin

g. S

he is

now

in a

job

trai

ning

pro

gram

and

will

grad

uate

in J

anua

ry.

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gette

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By

the

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as 2

0ye

ars

old,

she

had

bee

n be

aten

badl

y an

d ho

spita

lized

twic

e. S

hew

as a

lso

invo

lved

in s

ubst

ance

abus

e, s

erve

d tim

e in

pri

son,

and

had

been

sui

cida

l. N

ow s

he is

the

mot

her

of a

4-y

ear-

old

daug

hter

with

goa

ls. H

ead

Star

t is

the

prim

ary

reas

on s

he h

as m

ade

posi

tive

chan

ges

in h

er li

fe.

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dget

te b

enef

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fro

m w

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ngfu

ll tim

e th

roug

h th

e Jo

b T

rain

ing

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hip

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plet

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r G

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and

is n

ow e

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in a

com

mun

ity c

olle

ge. N

ow s

he is

faci

ng th

e ch

alle

nge

of f

ight

ing

canc

er. S

he h

as s

et s

hort

and

long

rang

e go

als.

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ut H

ead

Star

t,sh

e w

rote

, "T

he p

rogr

am ta

ught

me

mor

e of

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t I w

ante

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mot

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ng p

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as h

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war

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feel

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"pla

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port

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dra

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her

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en in

volv

ed in

Hea

d St

art f

or o

ver

15 y

ears

. She

bega

n as

a p

aren

t vol

unte

erin

gda

ily a

nd b

ecom

ing

invo

lved

inco

mm

ittee

s. H

er p

artic

ipat

ion

gave

her

sel

fass

uran

ce a

nd s

hede

velo

ped

valu

able

ski

lls. S

he w

asab

le to

use

her

abi

litie

s in

the

clas

sroo

m a

nd a

t hom

e w

ith h

erth

ree

child

ren.

The

sta

ffen

cour

aged

her

to g

o ba

ck to

scho

ol a

nd to

app

ly f

or a

nas

sist

ant t

each

er p

ositi

on. S

he w

ashi

red

and

late

r be

cam

e a

teac

her.

She

earn

ed a

CD

A a

nd a

bach

elor

's d

egre

e in

chi

ldde

velo

pmen

t and

bec

ame

a ch

ild d

evel

opm

ent s

uper

viso

r/ed

ucat

ion

coor

dina

tor.

She

ispr

oud

of h

er c

hild

ren'

s su

cces

s at

thre

e di

ffer

ent s

choo

ls. C

laud

ina

com

men

ted,

"H

ead

Star

t has

been

...a

door

(to

) a

new

way

of li

ving

..."

200

SI4

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

ucce

ss S

tone

s

Loui

se C

asey

Ver

gie

Ben

ton

Dir

ecto

rM

aryl

and

Rur

al D

evel

opm

ent

Cor

pora

tion

P.O

. Box

513

Nor

th E

ast,

MD

219

01

(410

) 28

7-52

18

Lou

ise

Cas

ey h

as b

een

invo

lved

with

Hea

d St

art s

ince

196

7 w

hen

her

child

ren

wer

e en

rolle

d. S

hew

orke

d as

a te

ache

r's a

ide,

hel

ped

com

mun

ity g

roup

s or

gani

ze to

supp

ort H

ead

Star

t, he

lped

esta

blis

h a

polic

y co

unci

l, an

dul

timat

ely

beca

me

a H

ead

Star

tte

ache

r.

Cha

ntay

Cha

pman

Rob

ert E

. Mom

an

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ncil

for

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nom

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ties

in G

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land

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lid A

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e, S

uite

700

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vela

nd, O

H 4

4114

(216

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6-90

77

Cha

ntay

com

men

ted,

"I

amgr

atef

ul to

Hea

d St

art t

hat I

no

long

er q

ualif

y fo

r w

elfa

re."

She

has

mov

ed f

rom

a li

fe o

fde

pend

ency

on

the

publ

ic w

elfa

resy

stem

to a

life

of

self

-rel

ianc

e an

din

depe

nden

ce. C

hant

ay e

nrol

led

her

daug

hter

in H

ead

Star

t in

1990

and

bec

ame

a re

gula

rvo

lunt

eer.

She

was

hir

edas

a d

isab

ilitie

s ai

de a

t Hea

d St

art

and

was

then

sel

ecte

d fo

rth

e po

sitio

n of

ass

ista

nt te

ache

r.In

199

4, C

hant

ay r

ecei

ved

aC

DA

and

is w

orki

ng to

ear

n an

asso

ciat

e's

degr

ee in

ear

lych

ildho

od e

duca

tion.

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ald

S. C

harle

sR

inco

n H

ead

Star

t, 1

W. T

riba

lR

oad

Val

ley

Cen

ter,

CA

920

82

(619

) 75

1-98

21

Ron

Cha

rles

beg

an to

vol

unte

erin

Hea

d St

art i

n 19

83 a

nd th

enac

cept

ed a

pos

ition

as

a te

ache

r'sas

sist

ant.

Lat

er h

e he

ld th

e pa

rent

invo

lvem

ent c

oord

inat

or p

ositi

onat

that

cen

ter,

and

then

bec

ame

cent

er d

irec

tor

at th

e Q

uech

anH

ead

Star

t. C

urre

ntly

he

is th

edi

rect

or o

f th

e ne

wes

t pro

gram

inth

e A

mer

ican

Ind

ian

prog

ram

bure

au, R

inco

n H

ead

Star

t. R

onha

s an

ass

ocia

te o

f ar

ts d

egre

e an

dpl

ans

to e

arn

a B

.A. i

n ea

rly

child

hood

edu

catio

n. H

e ha

s a

CD

A c

rede

ntia

l and

was

the

firs

ttr

ibal

mal

e to

ear

n th

is c

rede

ntia

lon

his

res

erva

tion.

Ron

wro

te,

"Par

ents

, I a

m li

ving

pro

of th

atyo

u ca

n m

ove

up th

e la

dder

of

succ

ess.

All

you

have

to d

o is

belie

ve in

you

rsel

f an

d dr

eam

sw

ill c

ome

true

."

Page 102: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Lisa

Che

snok

a23

2 N

orth

view

Est

ates

Indi

ana,

PA

157

01

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nie

Cok

erA

man

da C

ollin

s10

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est S

kylin

e D

rive

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rist

own,

TN

378

13

h(41

2)34

9-74

54h(

615)

586-

8609

w(4

12)

349-

6200

w(6

15)

587-

4111

Indi

ana

Co.

Hea

d St

art

550

Phil

Stre

etIn

dian

a, P

A 1

5701

(412

) 34

9-62

00

Des

crip

tion

Lis

a w

as a

Hea

d St

art p

aren

t for

four

yea

rs a

nd le

arne

d to

be

inde

pend

ent,

conf

iden

t, an

dhe

lpfu

l to

othe

rs. S

he w

asch

airp

erso

n of

a p

olic

y co

unci

l,an

d ac

tive

on o

ther

com

mitt

ees

and

as a

Hea

d St

art r

epre

sent

ativ

e.A

t the

sta

te le

vel,

she

was

am

embe

r of

the

Stat

e B

oard

.Sh

e la

ter

appl

ied

for

the

posi

tion

of f

amily

ser

vice

pro

vide

r an

dw

hen

she

was

sel

ecte

d sh

e en

joye

dth

e re

spon

sibi

lity

and

oppo

rtun

ityto

hel

p ot

hers

. She

bel

ieve

sH

ead

Star

t has

taug

ht h

er to

be

stro

ng, p

ositi

ve, a

nd to

mov

efo

rwar

d. S

he is

now

act

ive

with

othe

r ag

enci

es in

her

com

mun

ity.

Pats

y T

hom

as

Dir

ecto

rN

inth

Dis

tric

t Opp

ortu

nity

Inc

.P.

O. D

raw

er L

Gai

nesv

ille,

GA

305

03

(404

) 53

2-31

91

Con

nie

Cok

er b

egan

her

invo

lvem

ent w

ith H

ead

Star

taf

ter

enro

lling

her

son

who

was

stru

gglin

g w

ith h

eart

dis

ease

and

leuk

emia

. Aft

er h

e pa

ssed

aw

ay,

she

beca

me

an e

mpl

oyee

, ear

ned

a C

DA

, and

beg

an w

ork

on a

mas

ter's

deg

ree.

She

ser

ves

as a

curr

icul

um s

peci

alis

t at t

he c

ente

rhe

r so

n at

tend

ed. C

onni

e w

rote

,"I

am

mos

t gra

tefu

l to

Hea

d St

art

for

prov

idin

g an

env

iron

men

tw

hich

allo

ws

child

ren

and

adul

tsal

ike

the

free

dom

to im

agin

e,th

e en

cour

agem

ent t

o tr

y, a

ndul

timat

ely

the

conf

iden

ce to

succ

eed.

"

2 0

24

Jani

ce W

ilder

Fam

ily E

duca

tion

Coo

rdin

ator

Dou

glas

Che

roke

e H

ead

Star

tP.

O. B

ox 1

218

Mor

rist

own,

TN

378

16-1

218

(615

) 58

7-45

00

Am

anda

is e

mpl

oyed

as

aco

unty

sup

ervi

sor.

She

has

bee

nin

stru

men

tal i

n en

cour

agin

got

hers

to v

olun

teer

and

part

icip

ate

in H

ead

Star

t and

liter

acy

activ

ities

. She

has

enco

urag

ed m

any

Hea

d St

art

pare

nts

to o

btai

n a

GE

D, a

ndw

orks

clo

sely

with

com

mun

ityor

gani

zatio

ns to

pro

vide

pare

ntin

g sk

ills

clas

ses

for

Hea

dSt

art p

aren

ts. A

man

da a

nd h

erhu

sban

d no

w o

wn

thei

r ow

nho

me

and

rent

al p

rope

rty

and

are

fina

ncia

lly s

ecur

e. A

ll of

her

child

ren

have

com

plet

ed th

eir

educ

atio

n in

clud

ing

a yo

ung

boy

they

took

into

thei

r ho

me.

Am

anda

's s

ucce

ss li

es n

ot o

nly

inth

e fu

lfill

men

t of

her

pers

onal

goal

s, b

ut in

the

supp

ort a

ndse

rvic

e sh

e ha

s gi

ven

to o

ther

s to

help

them

atta

in th

eir

goal

s.

Den

ise

Con

krig

htR

.R. #

2, B

ox 6

0G

rigg

svill

e, I

L 6

2340

(217

) 77

3-39

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n K

irba

ch

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ecto

rPA

CT

for

Wes

t Cen

tral

Illi

nois

300

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apito

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O. B

ox 2

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t. St

erlin

g, I

L 6

2353

(217

) 77

3-39

03

Den

ise'

s in

volv

emen

t with

Hea

dSt

art "

has

stre

ngth

ened

the

agen

cy a

nd a

ll of

the

fam

ilies

itse

rves

," c

omm

ente

d Su

san

Kir

bach

, the

dir

ecto

r. D

enis

e is

aH

ead

Star

t par

ent w

ho w

as h

ired

by P

AC

T a

s a

hom

e vi

sito

r an

dre

ceiv

ed h

er C

DA

in 1

987.

She

was

pro

mot

ed to

soc

ial

serv

ice/

pare

nt in

volv

emen

tco

ordi

nato

r an

d cu

rren

tly h

olds

that

pos

ition

. She

has

ser

ved

as a

boa

rd m

embe

r fo

r fo

ur y

ears

for

a sc

hool

dis

tric

t and

is ta

king

busi

ness

cla

sses

thro

ugh

a lo

cal

com

mun

ity c

olle

ge.

203

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

ucce

ss S

torie

sS

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Page 103: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Des

crip

tion

Car

ol C

oope

r

Jeff

Gol

dam

mer

Dir

ecto

rE

cono

mic

Sec

urity

Cor

p. o

fSo

uthw

est A

rea

Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

207

Jopl

in, M

O 6

4802

(417

) 78

1-03

52

Car

ol w

as a

Hea

d St

art p

aren

t who

beca

me

a te

ache

r's a

ide

in 1

972.

She

late

r co

mpl

eted

her

ass

ocia

te o

far

ts d

egre

e an

d be

cam

e a

teac

her.

She

has

taug

ht f

or 1

7 ye

ars

and

enjo

ys th

e la

stin

g re

latio

nshi

ps s

heha

s de

velo

ped

with

the

pare

nts.

204

SI 6

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

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ss S

torie

s

Kim

berly

Cor

bin

Lou

is P

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Dir

ecto

r61

6 So

uth

Col

lett

Stre

etL

ima,

OH

458

05

(419

) 22

7-99

53

Kim

berl

y C

orbi

n is

a H

ead

Star

tgr

adua

te w

ho, a

fter

hig

h sc

hool

,jo

ined

the

U.S

. Arm

y. S

he s

erve

dfo

r m

ore

than

six

yea

rs. S

he is

now

em

ploy

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t as

ase

cret

ary

and

her

goal

is to

obt

ain

a de

gree

in a

ccou

ntin

g.

Rob

inY

. Cro

ne92

S. S

outh

Str

eet,

P.O

. Box

187

New

Vie

nna,

OH

451

59

(513

) 98

7-97

08

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ole

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man

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ecto

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linto

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ount

y C

omm

unity

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ion

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ram

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. Nel

son

Ave

nue,

P.O

. Box

32

Wilm

ingt

on, O

H 4

5177

(513

) 38

2-56

24

Rob

in C

rone

was

a H

ead

Star

tpa

rent

and

rec

eive

d he

r G

ED

in19

84. W

hen

she

was

a p

aren

t,sh

e w

as o

n th

e po

licy

coun

cil a

ndvo

lunt

eere

d th

e hi

ghes

t am

ount

of

hour

s fo

r th

e ye

ar. I

n 19

84, s

hew

as h

ired

as

a te

ache

r as

sist

ant/b

usdr

iver

and

was

in th

at p

ositi

onfo

r fi

ve y

ears

. She

adv

ance

dto

hom

e ba

se te

ache

r an

d w

as in

that

pos

ition

for

two

year

s.Sh

e w

as p

rom

oted

to e

duca

tion

coor

dina

tor

and

is w

orki

ngto

war

ds a

chie

ving

an

asso

ciat

e's

degr

ee in

ear

ly c

hild

hood

educ

atio

n. R

obin

wro

te, "

With

out

the

enco

urag

emen

t of

the

Hea

dSt

art s

taff

, I d

on't

feel

I w

ould

hav

ebe

en a

ble

to a

ccom

plis

h m

y go

als.

"

205

Shi

rley

Cru

tch

153-

24 1

11th

Jam

aica

, NY

114

33

h(71

8) 3

22-5

306

w(7

18)

526-

2500

Ann

e C

ampb

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Adm

inis

trat

ive

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h Ja

mai

ca C

ente

r fo

r C

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ren

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ts I

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leva

rdJa

mai

ca, N

Y 1

1434

(718

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6-25

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ley

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tch

was

an

activ

evo

lunt

eer

at H

ead

Star

t whi

le tw

oof

her

chi

ldre

n w

ere

enro

lled.

She

beca

me

a co

ok f

or H

ead

Star

tan

d he

ld th

at p

ositi

on f

or s

even

year

s. L

ater

she

was

hir

ed a

s a

teac

her's

ass

ista

nt a

nd th

en a

s a

grou

p te

ache

r. S

he e

arne

d a

colle

ge d

egre

e in

198

6, a

nd a

mas

ter's

deg

ree

in e

arly

chi

ldho

oded

ucat

ion

in 1

994.

Page 104: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

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Pho

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Lind

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avis

P.O

. Box

923

Hap

py C

amp,

CA

960

39

h(91

6) 4

93-2

933

w(9

16)

493-

5305

, ext

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of

CA

1320

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ka, C

A 9

6097

(916

) 84

2-52

80

Des

crip

tion

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da w

orks

for

Hea

d St

art

and

has

rece

ived

trai

ning

in e

arly

child

hood

edu

catio

n. S

he is

wor

king

to e

arn

a C

DA

and

isno

w a

dis

abili

ty c

oord

inat

or.

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dau

ghte

r w

ho a

ttend

edH

ead

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t is

now

pla

nnin

g to

atte

nd c

olle

ge.

Car

olin

e D

avis

on58

68 H

anle

y R

oad

Jam

esto

wn,

OH

453

35

h(51

3) 4

53-2

234

w(5

13)

382-

5624

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man

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linto

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ount

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unity

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ion

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ram

Inc

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9 N

. Nel

son

Ave

nue,

P.O

. Box

32

Wilm

ingt

on, O

H 4

5177

(513

) 38

2-56

24

Car

olin

e w

as h

ired

to d

rive

aH

ead

Star

t van

whe

n he

r ch

ildre

nw

ere

enro

lled,

and

then

as

ate

ache

r's a

ssis

tant

. Aft

er n

ine

year

s, s

he w

as p

rom

oted

to c

ente

rte

ache

r. S

he a

ccep

ted

the

posi

tion

of h

ome

base

teac

her

late

r an

d ha

sce

nter

bas

e an

d ho

me

base

CD

A's

.Sh

e ha

s ta

ken

seve

ral c

olle

gecl

asse

s an

d is

hel

ping

with

you

ngch

ildre

n at

her

chu

rch.

206

Mat

tie D

illin

gham

1232

E. I

rvin

e St

reet

, Apt

. 3R

ichm

ond,

KY

404

75

w(6

06)

623-

8546

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ty C

orne

tt

Cen

ter

Dir

ecto

rK

entu

cky

Riv

er F

ooth

ills

Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

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ff.

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t for

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year

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ved

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for

cent

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ase

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me

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g a

fam

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voca

te, s

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as a

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e ba

sete

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r fo

r a

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rs a

ndth

en ta

ught

for

fou

r ye

ars

ata

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nne

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lass

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nty

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lace

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falo

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alf

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ead

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was

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ount

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rent

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dch

ildre

n. I

n 19

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he b

ecam

e a

fam

ily a

ssis

tant

. In

Lay

ette

'sow

n w

ords

, "I

feel

goo

d ab

out

mys

elf,

use

ful,

impo

rtan

t,ne

eded

, res

pect

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nd p

art o

f a

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ul f

amily

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know

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ave

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ead

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ce G

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ithto

wn

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nue

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kond

oma,

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117

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art

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ecto

rSa

me

as a

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e as

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ve

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ce's

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band

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a d

isab

ility

and

they

wer

e ab

le to

enr

oll t

heir

youn

gest

son

in H

ead

Star

t in

1984

. She

obt

aine

d a

posi

tion

asa

part

-tim

e se

cret

ary

at h

is c

ente

ran

d en

joye

d ob

serv

ing

his

prog

ress

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hus

band

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eive

d su

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urne

d to

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e is

now

fin

ishi

ng h

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esis

for

an

M.S

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n so

cial

wor

k. G

race

acc

epte

d m

ore

resp

onsi

bilit

y, r

etur

ned

to c

olle

ge,

and

earn

ed a

deg

ree.

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is n

owan

adm

inis

trat

ive

assi

stan

t for

Hea

d St

art.

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ce w

rote

, "W

ebe

lieve

it's

all

the

little

suc

cess

stor

ies

take

n to

geth

er th

at m

ake

Hea

d St

art s

uch

a su

cces

sful

prog

ram

. It b

ring

s m

eani

ng a

ndpu

rpos

e in

to s

o m

any

lives

." 223

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

ucce

ss S

torie

sS

25

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Nam

eA

ddre

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Pho

ne

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dale

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ter

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rho

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ositi

ons,

she

beca

me

the

cent

er d

irec

tor

for

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ello

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ter.

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has

serv

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s a

CD

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dvis

or s

ince

1988

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has

hel

ped

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hers

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arn

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r C

DA

cred

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ls. M

aggi

e al

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in h

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unity

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atu

tor,

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rd m

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r, c

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pers

onho

spita

l vol

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ers,

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at a

nel

emen

tary

sch

ool.

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994,

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gie

com

plet

ed h

er a

ssoc

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of

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arly

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ieve

men

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war

d in

rec

ogni

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ars

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edic

ated

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vice

. She

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sa

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d St

art p

aren

t in

1966

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ked

her

way

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thro

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volu

ntee

ring

and

trai

ning

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ksto

her

pre

sent

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soci

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he w

as a

ctiv

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org

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izat

ions

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le in

sch

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mm

unity

, as

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467

37

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tor.

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ked

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orks

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has

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nded

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to b

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regi

ster

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on a

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rote

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ead

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row

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ally

. It h

as m

ade

me

both

a c

hild

adv

ocat

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d a

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d St

art a

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ate.

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to H

ead

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t beg

anw

hen

she

lived

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al a

rea

and

met

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site

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n. L

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aine

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r C

DA

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n he

r ow

n ce

nter

. She

is n

owth

e si

te s

uper

viso

r.

Page 114: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Jean

nette

Hay

s

Judy

Vea

ch

Dir

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mba

rras

Riv

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asin

Age

ncy

Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

307

Gre

enup

, IL

624

28

(217

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3-51

41

Jean

nette

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s re

ceiv

ed h

erce

rtif

icat

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a p

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nur

se a

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ter

earn

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n as

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ate

degr

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nurs

ing.

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choo

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lp o

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o ch

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nnet

tebe

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d St

art h

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dina

tor.

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nnet

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aid,

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dono

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side

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eted

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ful

proj

ect,

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thin

k w

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e a

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man

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unity

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son

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nue,

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32

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on, O

H 4

5177

(513

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2-56

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bara

vol

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ered

whe

n sh

e w

asa

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d St

art p

aren

t, se

rved

on

the

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y C

ounc

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r th

ree

year

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d th

en a

pplie

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r a

teac

her

assi

stan

t pos

ition

. She

was

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n fo

r on

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ar a

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catio

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crui

ter

assi

stan

t.

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bega

n w

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ng in

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pare

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olun

teer

in19

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ater

she

sub

stitu

ted

for

anas

sist

ant t

each

er w

ho b

ecam

e ill

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he f

ollo

win

g ye

ar s

he a

ssis

ted

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vol

unte

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asis

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then

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hire

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198

8 as

a p

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ache

r.

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ders

onT

roy

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, P.O

. Box

188

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6081

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iona

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ssoc

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xand

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VA

223

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(703

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Jose

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the

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Dir

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the

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unity

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.H

e w

as e

lect

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ity c

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pres

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tive

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roy,

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bam

a.Jo

se s

aid

that

man

y H

ead

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tpa

rent

s m

otiv

ated

him

to e

nter

loca

l non

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tisan

pol

itics

. "T

hese

peop

le n

eed

a vo

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a s

oldi

er to

help

them

bat

tle th

e ec

onom

icfo

rces

of

soci

ety,

" sa

id J

ose.

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has

been

ver

y in

volv

ed in

com

mun

ity e

ffor

ts to

hel

p th

edi

sabl

ed a

nd to

fos

ter

educ

atio

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e se

es h

is r

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hen

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nam

es o

f fo

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child

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appe

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27

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Nam

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24

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art,

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esa

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d St

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ence

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tart

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prog

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rent

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her

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ater

she

was

prom

oted

to le

ad te

ache

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ant s

ite m

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each

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and

site

man

ager

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has

atte

nded

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ps, i

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prog

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, and

took

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ly c

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love

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r jo

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this

pro

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a he

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ch

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ecto

r30

0 S.

Cap

itol

P.O

. Box

231

Mt.

Ster

ling,

IL

623

53

(217

) 77

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Kim

berl

y's

daug

hter

atte

nded

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d St

art a

nd s

he b

ecam

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tere

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in w

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ng w

ithch

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n an

d th

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fam

ilies

. She

isw

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d St

art

for

seve

ral y

ears

as

a ho

me

visi

tor.

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is p

leas

ed b

ecau

seev

ery

day

she

is a

ble

to g

ive

back

the

help

she

rec

eive

d ye

ars

ago

and

has

been

"ab

le to

spr

ead

that

spar

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roug

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r w

ork

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son-

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462

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ears

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ach

year

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gre

at a

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hav

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ved

ever

ym

inut

e of

it...

I w

as n

ot r

eally

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the

mon

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ella

dean

.

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145

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Pear

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nded

man

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as c

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ther

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ilies

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ves

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own

child

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self

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n ac

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and

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rece

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cer

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her

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and

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she

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ull

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bus

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was

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app

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ache

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ssis

tant

pos

ition

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hir

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she

obt

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hild

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polic

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iden

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was

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outr

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eer

coor

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and

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as

a ca

se m

anag

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he is

als

o ac

tive

in

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com

mun

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ina

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port

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t. L

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she

was

prom

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to le

ad te

ache

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plet

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ploy

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teac

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posi

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onor

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iety

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1994

, she

was

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stud

ent.

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ently

, Pat

rici

a is

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t tea

cher

ass

ista

nt. S

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s be

en in

volv

ed in

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d St

art

for

12 y

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.

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kie

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her

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him

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she

has

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hel

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e st

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posi

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1984

, he

purc

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d a

serv

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stat

ion

and

conv

enie

nce

stor

e w

ith a

par

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r da

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or H

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natio

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for

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ead

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1965

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ran

one

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sum

mer

trai

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s. H

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d se

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s in

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ssis

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n ac

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ired

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er s

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as p

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cari

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nd s

ensi

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tow

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fam

ilies

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abet

h is

als

o ac

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in h

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an M

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nded

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aine

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part

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sitio

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aide

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e fi

lled

a fu

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ache

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sist

ant p

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nd is

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n en

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her

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he w

as a

fai

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whe

n he

r ch

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n w

ere

enro

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and

is n

ow a

ded

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d ha

rd w

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taff

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is p

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o en

able

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to w

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with

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ldre

n,st

aff,

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the

com

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258

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chi

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aini

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ay.

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is n

ow a

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soci

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tace

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or th

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two

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as a

nav

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. In

1987

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was

hire

d as

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s as

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ant

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ache

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and

fulf

ills

her

role

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rel

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lity

and

prof

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259

Hea

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tart

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torie

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t atte

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853

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352

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104

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9674

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educ

atio

n co

ordi

nato

r fo

r H

ead

Star

t. Sh

e w

elco

mes

cha

lleng

esan

d po

sitio

ns o

f re

spon

sibi

lity.

She

has

serv

ed o

n th

e M

ayor

'sE

arly

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ldho

od T

ask

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e, is

pres

iden

t of

the

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tern

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rask

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embe

r of

NH

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mem

ber

of th

e C

hurc

h of

Chr

ist,

YM

CA

, and

Big

Bro

ther

/Big

Sis

ter

prog

ram

, and

act

ive

in o

ther

way

sin

her

com

mun

ity.

Page 136: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

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tact

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eA

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ne

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k

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rie

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e

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ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

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ead

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t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Des

crip

tion

Pat i

s th

e m

othe

r of

thre

e ch

ildre

nw

ho b

ecam

e a

top

volu

ntee

r of

the

year

at h

er c

ente

r. S

he w

as la

ter

hire

d as

a v

an d

rive

r/fo

od s

ervi

cepe

rson

and

whe

n sh

e la

ter

beca

me

an a

ssis

tant

teac

her,

she

con

tinue

dhe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rece

ived

a C

DA

.Sh

e be

cam

e a

lead

teac

her

and

late

ra

hom

e vi

sito

r. W

hen

her

son

was

kille

d in

an

auto

acc

iden

t, H

ead

Star

t com

fort

ed a

nd m

otiv

ated

her

.Sh

e is

now

a h

ome

base

sup

ervi

sor

and

is n

ow "

the

nice

lady

who

knoc

ks o

n do

ors

and

spre

ads

the

wor

d of

Hea

d St

art."

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ri P

alm

er52

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venu

e W

est

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in F

alls

, ID

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5550

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h C

entr

al C

omm

unity

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ion

Age

ncy

Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

531

Tw

in F

alls

, ID

833

01

(208

) 73

4-55

50

Ter

ri r

ecei

ved

a G

ED

and

earn

ed a

tech

nici

an c

ertif

icat

e in

child

dev

elop

men

t aft

er a

20-

year

abse

nce

from

sch

ool.

She

beca

me

a fa

mily

edu

cato

r an

d th

en e

arne

da

CD

A c

rede

ntia

l in

1994

. She

was

cho

sen

to b

e on

the

gove

rnin

gbo

ard

of I

daho

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d St

art's

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nsiti

on P

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nd a

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to th

e ex

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f th

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r ch

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as e

nrol

led

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ead

Star

t. Sh

e no

w tr

ains

at

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d St

art a

nd is

impr

ovin

g he

rsk

ills

wor

king

with

chi

ldre

n, o

ther

adul

ts, a

nd c

ompu

ters

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is a

stro

ng a

dvoc

ate

for

fam

ilies

inne

ed a

nd h

as r

ecen

tly b

een

adde

dto

the

subs

titut

e te

ache

r ai

de li

st.

In 1

993,

she

was

nam

edH

ead

Star

t's "

Pare

nt V

olun

teer

of

the

Yea

r."

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via

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ryP

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p, C

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ed w

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ng f

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ead

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t as

a te

ache

r's a

ide.

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late

rbe

cam

e a

teac

her

and

bus

driv

er.

She

obta

ined

trai

ning

and

a C

DA

and

is e

nrol

led

in c

olle

ge c

lass

es to

earn

an

earl

y ch

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od e

duca

tion

cert

ific

ate.

2 7

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rt S

taff

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cess

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ries

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

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tact

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ne

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abet

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nn P

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h 6t

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ham

, TX

754

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8141

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ecto

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nnin

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nty

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d St

art

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h Se

cond

& B

ills

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ets

Bon

ham

, TX

754

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(903

) 58

3-81

41

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crip

tion

Eliz

abet

h is

a c

lass

room

teac

her

atH

ead

Star

t. Sh

e w

orke

d as

an

assi

stan

t tea

cher

whi

le ta

king

colle

ge c

lass

es a

nd r

ecei

ved

a C

DA

in 1

989.

She

is a

lso

activ

e in

her

com

mun

ity a

nd a

t her

chu

rch.

272

S50

Hea

d St

art S

taff

Suc

cess

Sto

ries

Pau

line

Pat

ters

onR

t. 2,

Box

103

Sem

inol

e, O

K 7

4868

Lin

da F

ulle

r

Dir

ecto

rA

ctio

n In

c.51

0 W

est B

ened

ict

Shaw

nee,

OK

748

01

(405

) 27

5-60

60

Paul

ine

taug

ht f

or 2

2 ye

ars.

She

then

acc

epte

d a

posi

tion

as th

ead

min

istr

ativ

e as

sist

ant f

or th

eag

ency

whi

ch o

vers

ees

six

coun

ties.

She

bel

ieve

s th

at H

ead

Star

t gav

e he

r a

visi

on a

nd s

he is

prou

d of

wha

t she

has

acco

mpl

ishe

d. P

aulin

e w

rote

,"A

poo

r pe

rson

is n

ot th

e on

ew

ithou

t a p

enny

, but

the

one

with

out a

vis

ion.

"

Zel

la P

eter

s

Jani

ce H

ays

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ram

Dir

ecto

rJa

ckso

n C

ount

y C

ivic

Act

ion

Com

mitt

ee53

43 J

effe

rson

Str

eet,

P.O

. Box

872

3M

oss

Poin

t, M

S 39

562

(601

) 76

9-32

92

Zel

la P

eter

s w

as h

ired

as

ate

ache

r's a

ssis

tant

and

pro

mot

edto

tem

pora

ry te

ache

r, th

en c

ente

rdi

rect

or. S

he h

as r

ecei

ved

man

yce

rtif

icat

es f

or tr

aini

ng a

ndde

dica

tion.

She

is a

lso

a C

PRin

stru

ctor

. Pre

sent

ly s

he is

atte

ndin

gco

llege

and

ear

ning

a d

egre

e in

earl

y ch

ildho

od e

duca

tion.

273

Don

na P

eter

son

Olg

a Je

ffer

son-

Ker

r

Dir

ecto

rC

omm

unity

Act

ion

Hea

d St

art

2801

N. C

apito

l Ave

nue

Indi

anap

olis

, IN

462

08

(317

) 92

7-57

35

In h

er 3

0 ye

ars

of e

mpl

oym

ent,

Don

na P

eter

son

has

been

prom

oted

fro

m a

n as

sist

ant t

o a

teac

her

and

has

take

n co

urse

s in

earl

y ch

ildho

od e

duca

tion.

She

ispr

oud

to b

e pa

rt o

f H

ead

Star

t, a

caus

e w

hich

is "

dedi

cate

d to

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e co

untr

yan

d...b

ring

ing

to m

inor

ities

sel

f-es

teem

and

inte

grity

."

Page 138: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eD

awn

Pla

nkey

Mam

ie B

rend

a P

low

den

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Des

crip

tion

Thr

ough

sup

port

fro

m H

ead

Star

t,D

awn

was

abl

e to

com

plet

e he

rG

ED

. Now

she

wor

ks f

or th

e

Mam

ie P

low

den

has

wor

ked

with

Hea

d St

art f

or 2

0 ye

ars.

She

was

prom

oted

to e

duca

tion

supe

rvis

or

Deb

orah

wen

t to

colle

ge w

hen

her

two

child

ren

wer

e in

Hea

d St

art,

mad

e th

e D

ean'

s L

ist f

or f

ive

Paul

a w

as in

volv

ed a

s a

Hea

dSt

art p

aren

t for

fou

r ye

ars

with

her

thre

e da

ught

ers

who

are

now

prog

ram

as

a fa

mily

liai

son

wor

ker

and

guid

es th

e te

ache

rs. S

he a

lso

sem

este

rs a

nd g

radu

ated

in 1

983

teen

ager

s. S

he e

nrol

led

in C

DA

on a

ful

l-tim

e ba

sis.

She

is n

obe

lieve

s in

sta

ff d

evel

opm

ent a

ndw

ith a

bac

helo

r's d

egre

e. C

urre

ntly

trai

ning

and

was

hir

ed a

s a

hom

elo

nger

rec

eivi

ng A

FDC

pay

men

ts.

hope

s on

e da

y to

rec

eive

her

mas

ter's

deg

ree.

She

is c

onsi

dere

d a

stro

ng le

ader

.

she

is a

Hea

d St

art f

amily

wor

ker.

visi

tor

in 1

987.

Whe

n sh

eco

mpl

eted

her

CD

A, s

he b

ecam

ea

cent

erba

sed

teac

her.

She

earn

ed a

n as

soci

ate'

s de

gree

inea

rly

child

hood

edu

catio

n an

d a

Pre-

K C

ertif

icat

e. S

he c

ontin

ues

to a

ttend

trai

ning

to k

eep

her

skill

s cu

rren

t.

274

275

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

ucce

ss S

torie

sS

S I

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Nam

eA

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Pho

ne

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Y 1

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d St

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nc.

1724

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te 9

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sevi

lle, N

Y 1

2944

(518

) 83

4-71

71

Des

crip

tion

Car

rie a

pplie

d fo

r a

job

aste

ache

r's a

ide,

was

sel

ecte

d, a

ndth

en e

nrol

led

in C

DA

trai

ning

.Sh

e is

an

ener

getic

and

tale

nted

mem

ber

of th

e st

aff.

276

S52

Hea

d S

tart

Sta

ff S

ucce

ss S

torie

s

Chr

istin

a P

ound

502

Wes

t Duk

eH

ugo,

OK

747

43

(405

) 32

6-75

81

Litt

le D

ixie

CA

A50

2 W

est D

uke

Hug

o, O

K 7

4743

(405

) 32

6-64

41

Chr

istin

a w

as a

Hea

d St

art

pare

nt a

nd is

now

a c

ente

rdi

rect

or. S

he h

eld

the

posi

tions

of te

ache

r's a

ide,

teac

her,

and

educ

atio

n co

ordi

nato

r be

fore

she

beca

me

the

dire

ctor

and

has

been

invo

lved

with

Hea

d St

art

for

26 y

ears

.

Gre

gg P

owel

l16

51 P

rinc

e St

reet

Ale

xand

ria,

VA

223

14

w(7

03)

739-

0875

Dir

ecto

r, R

esea

rch

and

Eva

luat

ion

Nat

iona

l Hea

d St

art A

ssoc

iatio

n

Sam

e as

abo

ve

Gre

gg P

owel

l was

a V

ietn

amve

tera

n w

hen

he f

ound

that

his

daug

hter

mig

ht b

enef

it fr

omH

ead

Star

t. A

Hea

d St

art s

taff

pers

on s

ugge

sted

that

he

join

the

Tea

cher

Cor

ps a

nd e

arn

a te

achi

ngcr

eden

tial.

He

achi

eved

this

and

then

acc

epte

d a

job

at H

ead

Star

t.H

e ha

s si

nce

been

the

dire

ctor

for

thre

e pr

ogra

ms

and

serv

ed a

s a

cons

ulta

nt to

Hea

d St

arr

and

priv

ate

indu

stry

. He

soon

will

com

plet

e hi

s di

sser

tatio

n an

d ea

rna

Ph.D

. in

hum

an d

evel

opm

ent.

Gre

gg w

rote

: "H

ead

Star

t hel

ped

me

find

wha

t was

alr

eady

insi

de, a

desi

re to

lear

n, a

nd it

off

ered

me

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

ful

fill

that

desi

re. L

ike

Dor

othy

in th

eW

izar

d of

Oz,

I a

lway

s ha

d th

isde

sire

and

abi

lity,

but

it to

okH

ead

Star

t to

help

me

find

it." 27

7

Juan

ita P

rice

1097

1 C

oman

che

Dri

veSi

dney

, OH

453

65

h(51

3) 4

98-2

218

w(5

13)

492-

3969

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ncil

on R

ural

Ser

vice

Prog

ram

s In

c.11

6 E

. Thi

rd S

tree

t, P.

O. B

ox 4

59G

reen

ville

, OH

953

31-1

459

(513

) 51

8-80

02

Juan

ita is

em

ploy

ed b

y H

ead

Star

tas

a te

ache

r. S

he h

as a

ttend

edad

ult e

duca

tion

clas

ses

and

isw

orki

ng o

n he

r C

DA

whi

ch s

heho

pes

to c

ompl

ete

in 1

995.

She

has

five

chi

ldre

n an

d fi

rst b

ecam

ein

volv

ed in

Hea

d St

art i

n 19

85.

She

was

an

activ

e vo

lunt

eer

and

serv

ed o

n nu

mer

ous

com

mitt

ees.

She

was

hom

eles

s an

d ha

s liv

ed in

shel

ters

sev

eral

tim

es b

ut is

now

doin

g w

ell.

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ily S

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rive

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ade

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envi

lle, M

I 48

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(616

) 75

4-93

15

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has

bee

n in

volv

ed in

Hea

d St

art f

or 2

0 ye

ars.

She

iscu

rren

tly a

Fam

ily S

uppo

rtSu

perv

isor

and

has

hel

d th

epo

sitio

ns o

f as

sist

ant t

each

er,

pare

nt in

volv

emen

t/soc

ial s

ervi

ces

coor

dina

tor,

and

fam

ily s

uppo

rtco

ordi

nato

r. S

he r

ecei

ved

ace

rtif

icat

e of

com

plet

ion

for

soci

alse

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ceiv

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are

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app

reci

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the

exce

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they

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the

good

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wri

tes,

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t hav

e m

ade

it m

enta

lly, p

hysi

cally

, or

emot

iona

lly w

ithou

t the

ir h

elp.

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ls n

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cent

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for

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thre

ech

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he e

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m,

feel

s th

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nut

ritio

us, a

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es th

e ex

ampl

e se

t for

the

child

ren

by th

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aff.

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hen

itco

mes

to H

ead

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t and

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cess

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o ha

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she

wro

te.

Bill

ie J

ean

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d

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me

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atpr

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m H

ead

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e as

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nged

me

asa

pers

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w h

ave

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b th

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not

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A 7

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Hen

riet

ta B

row

n ha

s fo

urch

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an

empl

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prai

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patie

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her

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riet

ta n

ow f

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prof

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ccou

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her

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muc

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eded

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as, N

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the

head

sta

rt o

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arni

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t the

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mom

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ount

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ay n

ot h

ave

been

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as

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y."

Lau

ra's

son

is n

ow in

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thir

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has

rece

ived

num

erou

s aw

ards

in r

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ng a

ndm

athe

mat

ics.

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was

sel

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give

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vern

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Nev

ada

2000

con

fere

nce.

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rissa

Bry

ant

1870

5 A

von

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MI

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even

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I 48

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d St

art h

as a

llow

ed m

e to

grow

in m

y ab

ilitie

s to

obt

ain

self

-es

teem

by

help

ing

me

dem

onst

rate

to m

y ch

ildre

n th

e im

port

ance

of b

eing

invo

lved

in th

eir

lear

ning

,en

cour

agin

g m

e to

bec

ome

mor

e

self

-mot

ivat

ed, b

uild

ing

my

skill

s,

deve

lopi

ng g

ood

rapp

ort w

ithm

y pe

ers

and

staf

f, s

tres

sing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f ac

hiev

ing

a he

ad s

tart

for

low

-inc

ome

child

ren.

..I h

ave

notic

ed h

ow th

is p

rogr

am h

as

deve

lope

d m

y so

n Jo

nath

on...

Hea

dSt

art h

as s

how

ed m

e th

at c

hild

ren

lear

n th

roug

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ay."

323

Am

anda

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telli

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ees

Roc

ks, P

A 1

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(412

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anda

's m

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r L

iz w

rite

s,"A

man

da's

fir

st y

ear

in H

ead

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t

has

brou

ght m

any

thin

gs, b

ut,

mos

t im

port

antly

, ind

epen

denc

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d fr

iend

ship

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so

man

yw

orki

ng f

amili

es, t

here

are

n't v

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man

y ch

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n in

the

neig

hbor

hood

dur

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the

day

topl

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ince

join

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dSt

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as g

aine

d im

port

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soci

aliz

atio

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ills

by in

tera

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gw

ith h

er m

any

frie

nds.

She

has

also

bec

ome

inde

pend

ent a

nd is

now

abl

e to

sep

arat

e fr

om m

e."

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S. C

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"The

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d St

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am h

asbe

en v

ery

bene

fici

al f

or m

e as

wel

las

my

son.

..Hea

d St

art h

ashe

lped

my

son

com

e a

long

way

acad

emic

ally

and

he

has

lear

ned

how

to g

et a

long

and

inte

ract

with

the

othe

r ch

ildre

n. I

am

than

kful

to H

ead

Star

t for

whe

reI

am to

day

and

for

my

futu

reto

mor

row

."

Mes

haie

r C

ollie

r

Eve

lyn

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cutiv

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irec

tor

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leto

n, T

X 7

7515

(409

) 84

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11

Mes

chai

er C

ollie

r ha

s tw

och

ildre

n in

the

prog

ram

and

belie

ves

that

Hea

d St

art g

ave

her

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

go

to b

eaut

yco

llege

. Now

she

has

a s

hop

of h

erow

n. S

he a

ppre

ciat

es th

e fa

ct th

athe

r ch

ildre

n re

ceiv

ed h

ealth

and

dent

al c

are.

324

Dav

id a

nd S

teph

anie

Dam

pier

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Loi

s H

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ox 1

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, MS

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82

"Whe

n D

ez w

as p

rete

sted

in th

e St

ate

of M

aryl

and

for

kind

erga

rten

, she

had

suc

h go

odpe

nman

ship

and

was

so

very

brig

ht th

at s

he s

kipp

edki

nder

gart

en a

nd th

ey p

ut h

erin

to th

e fi

rst g

rade

...I

feel

that

mos

t of

this

is d

ue to

the

good

job

your

Hea

d St

art C

ente

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d in

prep

arin

g he

r fo

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ay."

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Dam

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a le

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to th

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n C

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ter

mov

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aryl

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avia

, OH

451

03

(513

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"I c

anno

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eno

ugh

abou

tH

ead

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t. I

feel

that

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d St

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shou

ld b

e a

part

of

ever

y yo

ung

child

's li

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ead

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t not

onl

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es g

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thin

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or th

e ch

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also

doe

s gr

eat t

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s fo

rpa

rent

s...

My

goal

is to

giv

e ba

ckto

my

fam

ilies

wha

t Hea

d St

art

gave

to m

e an

d m

y so

n."

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dyw

rote

thes

e co

mm

ents

fro

m th

epe

rspe

ctiv

e of

som

eone

invo

lved

in th

e pr

ogra

m a

s a

pare

nt a

ndho

me

visi

tor

for

ten

year

s. 325

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art T

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ain

Wel

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on, U

T 8

4542

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(801

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"My

child

had

a s

peec

hpr

oble

m. B

efor

e co

min

g to

Hea

dSt

art I

had

a v

ery

diff

icul

t tim

eun

ders

tand

ing

him

. He

has

com

ea

long

way

. I u

nder

stan

dev

eryt

hing

but

a f

ew w

ords

. He

will

hav

e th

e co

urag

e to

spe

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ithou

t bei

ng a

frai

d of

bei

ngla

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ead

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agr

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am f

or c

hild

ren

and

pare

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ox 2

956

Bill

ings

, MT

591

03

(406

) 24

5-72

33

"My

child

sta

rted

Hea

d St

art w

ithlo

w s

core

s on

gro

ss m

otor

ski

lls,

lang

uage

, and

fin

e m

otor

ski

lls.

In n

ine

mon

ths,

my

daug

hter

has

trip

led

her

scor

es...

Hea

d St

art

not o

nly

wor

ks w

ith c

hild

ren;

they

wor

k w

ith f

amili

es. S

ince

fam

ily v

alue

s ar

e ou

t the

win

dow

for

mos

t fam

ilies

, Hea

d St

art i

s a

plac

e w

here

hel

p is

giv

en to

rece

ive

thos

e fa

mily

val

ues

back

."

Ger

aldi

ne D

unn

P.O

. Box

878

4C

linto

n, L

A 7

0722

(504

) 68

3-93

48

Hat

tie D

otso

n-H

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oord

inat

or S

oc. S

ervs

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and

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ter

P.O

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759

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linto

n, L

A 7

0722

(504

) 68

3-42

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Ger

aldi

ne h

as s

ix c

hild

ren

and

was

a H

ead

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t vol

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efor

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e be

cam

e an

em

ploy

ee. S

he is

happ

y an

d co

nten

ted

and

her

child

ren

are

prog

ress

ing.

She

wri

tes,

"I

am e

mpl

oyed

as

a co

ok.

Tha

t to

me

is s

ucce

ss."

327

Kat

hy E

dwar

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Don

na H

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on, I

N 4

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66

"Hea

d St

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as b

een

a bl

essi

ng to

me

and

my

fam

ily. I

am

a s

ingl

em

othe

r of

thre

e ch

ildre

n. M

ych

ildre

n gr

eatly

ben

efitt

ed f

rom

Hea

d St

art.

The

y no

t onl

y go

t an

educ

atio

n, th

ey a

lso

real

ized

wha

tki

ndne

ss a

nd g

oodw

ill a

re.

Bec

ause

Hea

d St

art m

eant

so

muc

h to

me,

I a

pplie

d fo

r a

job

and

now

I a

m g

oing

to b

e pa

rt o

fth

is w

inni

ng te

am."

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eA

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ne

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yea

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bee

n gi

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me

gift

s. T

he k

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kee

pfo

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urtu

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, gui

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th, d

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car

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and

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ledg

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giv

e H

ead

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tm

uch

of th

e cr

edit

for

the

good

whi

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as h

appe

ned

in m

y lif

e as

wel

l as

for

the

skill

s to

dea

l with

the

not-

so-g

ood

we

all f

ace

attim

es...

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d St

art i

s no

t jus

t ach

ild e

duca

tion

prog

ram

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ale

sson

pla

n fo

r th

e w

ay th

e w

orld

shou

ld b

e."

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y di

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ed tw

ice

and

rais

ed th

ree

child

ren

on h

erow

n. S

he b

ecam

e in

volv

ed a

s a

volu

ntee

r in

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d St

art a

ndac

cept

ed tr

aini

ng w

hich

led

her

tom

anag

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ition

s in

soc

ial

serv

ices

and

ban

king

. Lat

er s

hebe

cam

e th

e fa

mily

adv

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ie W

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n, L

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34

Ann

ie is

the

mot

her

of f

our

child

ren.

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is v

ery

happ

y w

ithhe

r in

volv

emen

t in

Hea

d St

art

and

with

the

staf

f. H

ead

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tof

fere

d he

r th

e op

port

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tohe

lp h

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ton,

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835

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3-65

73

"My

expe

rien

ce w

ith H

ead

Star

tan

d th

e as

soci

atio

n w

ith th

ete

ache

rs, s

taff

, and

the

othe

rpa

rent

s...w

as a

gre

at b

oost

to m

ean

d an

inva

luab

le le

arni

ngex

peri

ence

for

my

child

ren.

Iho

pe it

con

tinue

s to

hel

p m

any

othe

r ch

ildre

n to

get

the

foot

inth

e do

or th

ey n

eed

to g

et th

em

ost o

ut o

f th

eir

educ

atio

n."

Kat

hy e

nrol

led

two

girl

s w

ho a

redo

ing

very

wel

l in

elem

enta

rysc

hool

.

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ra L

. Erb

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Aft

er b

eing

out

of

scho

ol f

or 1

5ye

ars,

Deb

ra e

arne

d a

GE

D. S

hebe

lieve

s he

r se

lf-e

stee

m is

due

toth

e st

aff

at H

ead

Star

t and

that

she

is a

bet

ter

pare

nt. "

The

cen

ter

is o

ne o

f th

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erri

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thin

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Page 166: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

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Pho

ne

Des

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Hel

len

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900

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Clin

ton,

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ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

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ain

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k in

197

4 m

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rolle

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was

pre

gnan

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inan

d st

rugg

ling

with

dee

p th

ough

tsof

sui

cide

...H

ead

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t tea

cher

san

d st

aff

help

ed to

bui

ld m

yse

lf-e

stee

m b

y be

ing

supp

ortiv

ean

d ki

nd, I

was

exp

erie

ncin

g a

new

con

cept

that

I c

ould

be

wor

thw

hile

and

had

val

ue.

Hea

d St

art h

as c

hang

ed m

ylif

e...W

orki

ng th

ese

past

16

year

s(i

n H

ead

Star

t), I

hav

e tr

ied

topa

y ba

ck H

ead

Star

t by

help

ing

ever

y ch

ild a

nd p

aren

t I te

ach,

by

givi

ng th

em a

s m

uch

resp

ect,

dign

ity a

nd lo

ve th

at I

can

."

334

TIO

Hea

d St

artT

estim

onia

ls

San

dra

Pat

ricia

Gom

ez

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Serv

ices

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

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ortu

nity

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rd o

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nty

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stoc

k D

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Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 38

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89

"I li

ke th

e H

ead

Star

t pro

gram

beca

use

I fe

el th

at m

y so

n ha

sle

arne

d a

lot s

ince

he

star

ted.

I lik

e th

e be

nefi

ts th

at a

re g

iven

to h

im, f

or e

xam

ple,

the

visi

on,

dent

al a

nd h

eari

ng s

cree

ning

s.I

enjo

y th

e st

aff

and

wan

t to

than

k th

em f

or h

elpi

ng u

s, th

eSp

anis

h sp

eaki

ng m

othe

rs."

CO

PY A

VA

ILA

LE

Julie

Gra

boes

Lin

da F

ulle

r

Dir

ecto

rA

ctio

n In

c.51

0 W

est B

ened

ict

Shaw

nee,

OK

748

01

(405

) 27

5-60

60

Julie

rep

orte

d th

at H

ead

Star

the

lped

her

chi

ld w

ith a

spe

ech

dela

y. S

he b

egan

to v

olun

teer

and

wat

ched

her

son

acc

ept s

choo

lan

d gr

ow in

to a

soc

ial c

hild

who

coul

d in

tera

ct w

ith h

is p

eers

. The

next

yea

r sh

e w

as h

ired

as

anas

sist

ant t

each

er. S

he b

elie

ves

that

"Hea

d St

art g

ot m

e th

roug

h so

me

very

toug

h tim

es."

Kar

en H

ale

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

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ortu

nity

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rd o

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nty

2228

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stoc

k D

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Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 64

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10

"I ju

st c

an't

say

how

muc

hpr

esch

ool h

as h

elpe

d m

e an

d m

yfa

mily

. My

son

is s

o ha

ppy.

He

just

com

es h

ome

sing

ing

and

jum

ping

and

run

ning

. All

of th

isis

due

to a

ttend

ing

scho

ol. T

hete

ache

rs a

re s

o ni

ce a

nd h

elpf

ul.

The

y te

ach

my

son

thin

gs w

hen

he d

oesn

't ev

en k

now

he

isle

arni

ng."

Page 167: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Deb

orah

Ham

ilton

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

Opp

ortu

nity

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rd o

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nty

2228

Com

stoc

k D

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Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 64

7-20

10

"Hea

d St

art i

s a

won

derf

ulpr

ogra

m. P

artic

ipat

ing

in H

ead

Star

t has

taug

ht h

im (

her

olde

stso

n) h

ow to

dea

l with

oth

erch

ildre

n an

d di

ffer

ent t

ypes

of

situ

atio

ns c

alm

ly. M

y se

cond

son.

..has

lear

ned

to d

eal w

ithot

her

child

ren.

He

has

grow

n up

very

nic

ely

and

enjo

ys b

eing

abl

eto

do

thin

gs f

or h

imse

lf r

athe

rth

an w

antin

g so

meo

ne e

lse

to d

oev

eryt

hing

for

him

."

Mar

y H

arde

n

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Serv

ices

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

Opp

ortu

nity

Boa

rd o

fC

lark

Cou

nty

2228

Com

stoc

k D

rive

Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 38

7-01

89

"I h

ave

a 4-

year

-old

son

in H

ead

Star

t. T

he m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t thi

ngto

me

is th

e w

ay th

ey w

ork

on h

isse

lf-e

stee

m...

I lo

ve th

em f

or th

at.

I am

now

em

ploy

ed w

ith H

ead

Star

t. I

am n

o lo

nger

on

wel

fare

beca

use

of th

e H

ead

Star

tpr

ogra

m."

336

Tes

sa H

arris

on12

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ridg

e St

reet

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rson

, NJ

0752

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cern

ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

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t

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ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

Star

t Inc

.90

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tin S

tree

tPa

ters

on, N

J 07

501

(201

) 34

5-95

55

"The

teac

hers

take

thei

r tim

ew

ith e

ach

child

to m

ake

sure

they

are

lear

ning

wha

t the

y ar

esu

ppos

ed to

...T

hey

also

try

tohe

lp th

e fa

mili

es."

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AIL

AB

LE

Car

olyn

Hay

Ter

rie

Har

e

Dir

ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

y H

ead

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t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Car

olyn

wro

te th

at h

er s

onbe

nefi

tted

from

Hea

d St

art.

He

was

a c

hild

who

had

a f

our

mon

thde

lay

in a

ll ar

eas

whe

n ad

opte

d at

12 m

onth

s of

age

. Car

olyn

wor

ked

for

Hea

d St

art a

nd k

new

her

son

wou

ld m

ake

gain

s in

the

prog

ram

. He

was

abl

e to

stre

ngth

en h

is w

eak

area

s, s

uch

asfi

ne m

otor

and

soc

ial s

kills

, and

was

mor

e pr

epar

ed f

or th

e pu

blic

scho

ol s

ettin

g w

hen

he d

id b

egin

.

337

Hea

d S

tart

Tes

timon

ials

TI I

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

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ne

Lisa

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fman

49 G

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ring

s, W

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s

Hom

e V

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Hea

d St

art

105

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rsB

erke

ley

Spri

ngs,

WV

154

11

(304

) 25

8-53

35

Des

crip

tion

Lis

a's

son

wou

ldn'

t let

any

one

help

him

lear

n un

til h

e en

rolle

d in

Hea

d St

art.

Lis

a is

ple

ased

bec

ause

the

teac

her

is s

o pa

tient

.

338

T12

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

ls

Ella

Hor

ne

Ter

rie

Har

e

Dir

ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Ella

has

thre

e ch

ildre

n w

hoat

tend

ed H

ead

Star

t, on

e of

who

m r

ecei

ved

help

with

spe

ech

prob

lem

s. E

lla w

as h

ired

as

a bu

sdr

iver

and

was

abl

e to

dro

pw

elfa

re. H

er c

hild

ren

have

exce

lled

in s

choo

l. "H

ead

Star

tha

s re

ally

hel

ped

mys

elf

and

my

fam

ily b

ecom

e be

tter

peop

le. I

will

alw

ays

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

beca

use

of a

ll th

e po

ssib

ilitie

s th

atca

n re

sult

from

bei

ng in

volv

ed,"

wro

te E

lla.

Sus

an H

oski

ns

Ter

rie

Har

e

Dir

ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Susa

n an

d he

r fa

mily

are

gra

tefu

lfo

r th

e he

lp th

ey r

ecei

ved

thro

ugh

Hea

d St

art.

She

earn

ed a

GE

Dan

d le

arne

d co

mpu

ter

skill

s. H

erhu

sban

d an

d ch

ildre

n al

sobe

nefi

ted

from

the

expe

rien

ce o

fbe

ing

invo

lved

. She

wro

te,

"Eve

ryon

e at

Hea

d St

art m

ade

usfe

el li

ke p

art o

f th

e H

ead

Star

tfa

mily

. The

y w

ere

frie

nds

and

fam

ily to

us

all.

Hea

d St

art a

ndth

e pe

ople

that

mak

e it

happ

enar

e lik

e a

coat

of

man

y co

lors

tom

any,

man

y pe

ople

."

339

Cea

rlie

How

ard

Oph

elia

E. B

row

n

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d St

art D

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How

ard

said

that

Hea

dSt

art h

as b

een

help

ful t

o he

ren

tire

fam

ily. S

he is

the

mot

her

ofse

ven

child

ren

and

was

act

ive

with

com

mitt

ees

and

the

polic

yco

unci

l. T

he c

hild

ren

in h

erfa

mily

who

atte

nded

Hea

d St

art

are

all d

oing

wel

l in

scho

ol.

Page 169: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Jenn

ifer

Hub

bard

Flor

ence

Mat

heso

n

Exe

cutiv

e D

irec

tor

Lew

is C

lark

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Prog

ram

1805

19t

h A

venu

eL

ewis

ton,

ID

835

01

(208

) 74

3-65

73

"In

the

last

thre

e ye

ars

I ha

ven'

tfe

lt m

ore

prou

d of

mys

elf

than

all t

he ti

me

I ha

ve li

ved.

The

pare

nt/c

hild

cen

ter

has

defi

nite

lyhe

lped

me

succ

eed

in a

ll m

ygo

als.

" Je

nnif

er H

ubba

rd w

rote

toH

ead

Star

t rec

ently

to e

xpla

inho

w s

he o

verc

ame

her

fear

s,be

cam

e m

ore

com

pete

nt, o

btai

ned

empl

oym

ent,

deve

lope

d pr

ide,

and

lear

ned

pare

ntin

g sk

ills.

She

is o

n he

r w

ay to

suc

cess

.

Jane

t Hug

hes

Rou

te 1

, Box

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MO

648

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d St

art h

as m

ade

me

a m

ore

patie

nt, l

ovin

g, a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

indi

vidu

al. I

hav

e ha

d a

lot o

fha

rd ti

mes

and

I c

an r

elat

e to

the

fam

ilies

of

Hea

d St

art.

I fe

dH

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mad

e m

e be

lieve

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ters

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d St

art i

s a

beau

tiful

sig

ht.

I ha

ve f

our

girl

s an

d th

ree

of th

emco

me

to H

ead

Star

t...T

he te

ache

rsan

d st

aff

are

very

nic

e...M

y gi

rls

are

very

sm

art..

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ve to

sen

d m

ych

ildre

n he

re."

Kar

en J

acob

s

Ter

rie

Har

e

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ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

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ead

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t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Kar

en h

as tw

o ch

ildre

n w

ho w

ere

enro

lled

in H

ead

Star

t, on

e of

who

m r

ecei

ved

spee

ch th

erap

y.Sh

e be

lieve

s H

ead

Star

t mot

ivat

edhe

r to

sto

p sm

okin

g, s

uppo

rted

her

thro

ugh

diff

icul

t fin

anci

al a

ndem

otio

nal t

imes

, im

prov

ed h

erpa

rent

ing

skill

s, o

ffer

ed h

er a

new

outlo

ok o

n lif

e, a

nd g

ave

her

child

ren

the

enco

urag

emen

t the

yne

eded

. She

now

wor

ks a

s a

Hea

dSt

art b

us d

rive

r an

d is

hap

py to

have

a r

easo

n to

touc

h th

e liv

es o

fH

ead

Star

t chi

ldre

n an

d th

eir

pare

nts.

341

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d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

13

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The

resa

Jen

kins

Oph

elia

E. B

row

n

Hea

d St

art D

irec

tor

Met

ropo

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e C

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y39

5 N

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irst

Str

eet

Mia

mi,

FL 3

3128

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8

(305

) 34

7-46

00

Des

crip

tion

"The

pro

gram

sho

ne a

ligh

t in

my

life

in m

y da

rkes

t hou

r. W

hen

Ith

ough

t I c

ould

n't g

o an

othe

rst

ep, t

he p

rogr

am w

as th

ere

for

me.

If

I ha

dn't

met

Mrs

. Olg

a (t

hedi

rect

or),

ther

e's

no te

lling

wha

tor

whe

re I

wou

ld b

e no

w. I

am

now

a m

othe

r of

fiv

e ch

ildre

n an

don

my

way

up

the

ladd

er o

fsu

cces

s th

roug

h th

e pr

ogra

m. I

have

a d

ream

of

beco

min

g a

prof

essi

onal

teac

her.

I a

m n

owat

tend

ing

scho

ol f

or a

CD

Alic

ense

." 342

T14

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d St

art T

estim

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ls

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line

John

son

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4 H

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arly

le, I

L 6

2231

(618

) 59

4-44

73

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ena

Patr

ick

Pare

nt I

nvol

vem

ent C

oord

inat

orB

CM

W H

ead

Star

tP.

O. B

ox 7

29,9

09 E

.R

exfo

rd, C

entr

alia

, IL

628

01

(618

) 53

2-48

90

"Hea

d St

art h

as b

een

a bi

g he

lp to

me.

Man

y th

ings

hav

e ch

ange

dsi

nce

my

firs

t rou

nd o

f ra

isin

gch

ildre

n. H

ead

Star

t has

got

ten

me

invo

lved

in m

y ch

ildre

n's

lear

ning

. I a

m o

n th

e po

licy

coun

cil a

nd th

at h

as ta

ught

me

even

mor

e ab

out s

hari

ng, p

ublic

spea

king

, and

com

mun

ityin

volv

emen

t. I

love

Hea

d St

art."

Ray

von

John

son

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

Star

t

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

Star

t Inc

.90

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tin S

tree

tPa

ters

on, N

J 07

501

(201

) 34

5-95

55

"Hea

d St

art i

s th

e be

stth

ing

that

eve

r ha

ppen

(ed)

inou

r co

mm

unity

esp

ecia

lly f

or th

epe

ople

of.

..pro

ject

s. O

ur c

hild

ren

need

ed a

hea

d st

art..

.to g

et a

head

in th

e fu

ture

. Als

o H

ead

Star

t has

a sl

ow le

arne

rs p

rogr

am...

whi

chI

thin

k...h

elps

them

to le

arn

the

sam

e as

oth

er c

hild

ren.

.. H

ead

Star

t has

wha

t a c

hild

nee

ds.

Als

o th

e pa

rent

s...I

love

d th

e(E

xplo

ring

Par

entin

g) p

rogr

ambe

caus

e...i

t gav

e yo

u a

lot o

fch

alle

nges

."

343

Bar

bara

Jon

esR

R #

2, B

ox 3

86 B

Bla

irsv

ille,

PA

157

17

h(41

2) 4

59-5

107

w(4

12)

379-

6200

Indi

ana

Cou

nty

Hea

d St

art

550

Phila

delp

hia

St.

Indi

ana,

PA

157

01

(412

) 34

9-62

00

"Loo

king

at y

our

life

and

whe

reyo

u w

ant t

o go

is a

n in

tere

stin

gjo

urne

y an

d sc

ary

all a

t the

sam

etim

e, b

ut th

e H

ead

Star

t sta

ffm

ade

the

trip

eas

ier

for

me.

Plan

ning

, par

entin

g sk

ills,

and

adul

t edu

catio

n he

lped

me

beco

me

the

pers

on I

am

toda

y. I

am c

onfi

dent

, dep

enda

ble

and

anas

set t

o m

y jo

b, f

amily

, as

wel

l as

the

com

mun

ity. L

ooki

ng a

roun

dth

e co

mm

unity

, mor

e an

d m

ore

of f

orm

er H

ead

Star

t par

ents

hav

ebe

com

e pr

oduc

tive

mem

bers

of

our

soci

ety

incl

udin

g m

ysel

f."

Bar

bara

wro

te th

is s

tate

men

tbe

caus

e sh

e fe

lt th

e so

cial

ser

vice

sco

mpo

nent

of

Hea

d St

art h

ad a

sign

ific

ant e

ffec

t on

her

life.

She

isno

w a

mem

ber

of a

sch

ool b

oard

and

of a

pro

fess

iona

l wom

en's

soci

ety.

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Lee

Kee

ling

Cin

dy K

imps

onLo

rrie

Kro

mpe

lP

. Dia

ne L

ee

P.O

. Box

292

1107

E. 1

140

S., #

5

Loy

alto

n, C

A 9

6118

Prov

o, U

T 8

4606

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T

(801

) 63

7-49

60

Des

crip

tion

"I h

ave

spen

t hou

rs w

ithm

y da

ught

er, A

man

da, i

n he

rcl

assr

oom

and

hav

e se

en th

eim

prov

emen

ts th

at s

he h

as m

ade

and

her

man

y ac

com

plis

hmen

tssc

hola

stic

ally

thus

far

in h

ersc

hool

ing.

I h

ave

seen

the

bene

fits

that

hav

e co

me

from

my

daug

hter

bein

g ab

le to

par

ticip

ate

in H

ead

Star

t...I

fee

l tha

t thi

s pr

e-ed

ucat

ion

to n

orm

al s

choo

ling

has

been

inva

luab

le in

teac

hing

her

the

basi

cs o

f le

arni

ng a

s w

ell a

sth

e de

sire

to le

arn.

"

h(91

6) 9

93-4

773

w(9

16)

993-

4343

Paul

a R

usse

ll

Dir

ecto

rSi

erra

Cas

cade

Fam

ily O

ppor

tuni

ties

P.O

. Box

386

542

9 W

. Mai

n St

reet

Qui

ncy,

CA

959

71

(916

) 28

3-12

42

"The

se p

eopl

e di

dn't

care

if I

was

on w

elfa

re. I

spo

ke to

them

and

they

hea

rd m

e, th

ey li

ked

it an

den

cour

aged

mor

e. T

his

was

so

exci

ting

to m

e. S

omeo

ne th

at li

kem

e fo

r m

e an

d m

y in

put..

.Aft

erre

aliz

ing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

fsc

hool

ing

thro

ugh

Hea

d St

art,

Iw

ent b

ack

to s

choo

l and

got

my

GE

D. I

als

o ha

ve tw

o ye

ars

ofco

llege

com

plet

ed."

Cin

dy a

lso

repo

rted

that

her

chi

ldre

n ar

edo

ing

wel

l in

grad

e sc

hool

. She

tells

the

teac

hers

, "I

owe

that

toH

ead

Star

t!"

1; 4

4

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T

(801

) 63

7-49

60

"I f

eel t

hat H

ead

Star

t has

help

ed m

e an

d m

y ch

ildre

n to

build

sel

f-es

teem

and

str

engt

hene

dm

y so

cial

ski

lls a

s w

ell a

s m

ych

ildre

n's

soci

al s

kills

. If

it ha

dno

t bee

n fo

r th

e pe

rsis

tenc

e of

my

frie

nds

at H

ead

Star

t, I

wou

ld s

till

be c

lean

ing

offi

ces

for

a liv

ing

inst

ead

of h

elpi

ng o

ther

fam

ilies

and

bein

g ab

le to

do

wha

t I lo

vem

ost,

bein

g w

ith c

hild

ren.

"(L

orri

e is

now

a te

ache

r w

ithH

ead

Star

t.)

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T

(801

) 63

7-49

60

"Hea

d St

art h

as p

rovi

ded

the

oppo

rtun

ity f

or m

y 4-

year

-old

son,

Bri

an, t

o gr

ow in

man

y w

ays.

He

has

a di

sord

er c

alle

dne

urof

ibro

mat

osis

. I s

tron

gly

feel

Hea

d St

art h

as g

iven

him

the

edge

to s

ucce

ed in

sch

ool w

ith c

hild

ren

his

own

age.

My

husb

and

had

ase

vere

bac

k pr

oble

m a

nd h

as b

een

out o

f w

ork

for

over

a y

ear

and

aha

lf. I

f it

was

n't f

or H

ead

Star

t,w

e w

ould

n't h

ave

had

muc

h of

aC

hris

tmas

for

our

kid

s. I

was

abl

eto

mak

e to

ys th

ere

and

it m

eant

even

mor

e to

hav

e m

ade

som

ethi

ng w

ith m

y ow

n ha

nds.

"

345

Hea

d St

artT

estim

onia

lsT

I S

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eA

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ne

Des

crip

tion

Pam

ela

S. L

ewis

Hea

lth A

dvoc

ate

Aub

urn

Hea

d St

art P

rogr

am56

02 S

outh

316

thA

ubur

n, W

A 9

8001

Pam

ela

Lew

is w

rote

abo

ut th

eim

port

ance

of

the

safe

ty n

etpr

ogra

ms

to f

amili

es s

uch

as h

ers.

Her

hus

band

was

out

of

wor

k an

dth

e fa

mily

was

for

ced

to o

btai

npu

blic

ass

ista

nce.

The

y re

lied

ofA

FDC

and

WIC

vou

cher

s. S

heno

w w

orks

for

Hea

d St

art a

nd is

grat

eful

for

the

help

she

rec

eive

dfr

om th

e pr

ogra

m a

nd a

ll th

eot

her

supp

ort a

vaila

ble

in s

ocie

ty.

She

iden

tifie

s w

ith th

e pa

rent

s sh

ehe

lps

and

unde

rsta

nds

thei

rpr

oble

ms:

"H

avin

g be

en th

ere

mys

elf,

I c

an tr

uly

appr

ecia

te it

."

346

T 1

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ead

Star

t Tes

timon

ials

Lind

a

Pam

ela

Whi

te

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

Coo

rdin

ator

Futu

res

Unl

imite

d In

c.Su

mne

r C

o. H

ead

Star

t24

10 N

orth

A, P

.O. B

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30W

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gton

, KS

6715

2-01

30

(316

) 32

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06

Lin

da w

as s

hy a

nd u

nsur

e of

hers

elf

but b

ecam

e in

volv

ed w

ithH

ead

Star

t to

assi

st h

er s

on. S

heha

s no

w b

loss

omed

into

a le

ader

at th

e po

licy

coun

cil a

nd h

asre

pres

ente

d th

e pr

ogra

m a

tre

gion

al a

nd s

tate

con

fere

nces

.Sh

e ha

s co

mpl

eted

a G

ED

and

will

enr

oll f

or tr

aini

ng to

wor

kw

ith th

e el

derl

y in

199

5. L

inda

wro

te, "

Bef

ore

Hea

d St

art,

my

fam

ily w

as s

trug

glin

g w

ithev

eryd

ay li

fe. S

tres

s, w

ork,

child

ren,

nee

ds a

nd n

eces

sitie

s of

ever

yday

life

. It's

stil

l a s

trug

gle

but e

asie

r to

man

age

and

cope

,th

ank

to th

e m

any

lear

ning

expe

rien

ces

Hea

d St

art h

as to

offe

r."

Vic

ki A

. Lou

ens

5826

Wad

e R

oad

Milf

ord,

Ohi

o 45

150

(513

) 57

5-96

31

Ter

rie

Har

e

Dir

ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Vic

ki's

two

child

ren

atte

nded

Hea

d St

art a

nd w

ere

hono

rsst

uden

ts th

roug

h sc

hool

. She

com

men

ted

that

Hea

d St

art t

akes

the

extr

a tim

e to

mee

t the

nee

dsof

chi

ldre

n an

d pa

rent

s be

caus

eth

ey a

re c

once

rned

with

the

futu

re a

nd w

elfa

re o

f bo

th. V

icki

now

has

cus

tody

of

a bo

y w

hoat

tend

s H

ead

Star

t and

he

has

gain

ed v

alua

ble

skill

s. S

he h

asse

en c

hang

es s

ince

her

old

erch

ildre

n at

tend

ed, b

ut s

he n

otes

that

the

staf

f st

ill ta

ke th

e ex

tra

time

to u

nder

stan

d an

d m

eet t

hene

eds

nece

ssar

y.

t) 4

Jess

ie L

owry

Ham

ilton

Cou

nty

Scho

ols

60 N

ouvn

er D

rive

Cin

cinn

ati,

OH

452

15

(513

) 77

1-96

16

Jess

ie L

owry

is a

Hea

d St

art

empl

oyee

who

fee

ls s

ucce

ssfu

lbe

caus

e sh

e w

as o

ffer

ed a

job

wor

king

with

Hea

d St

art w

hen

she

was

une

mpl

oyed

. She

was

iden

tifie

d as

a h

ard

wor

ker

by h

erda

ught

er's

teac

her

beca

use

she

was

a st

rong

vol

unte

er. S

he w

as a

ble

toco

nvin

ce h

er h

usba

nd to

hel

pw

ith tr

ansp

orta

tion

of a

n ol

der

child

to a

nd f

rom

sch

ool a

nd is

still

hap

py th

at H

ead

Star

t gav

ehe

r th

e ch

ance

to s

hine

.

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ne

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ddre

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ne

Mic

helle

Lee

Lun

a

Eve

lyn

Moo

re

Exe

cutiv

e D

irec

tor

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zori

a C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t13

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est L

ive

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Ang

leto

n, T

X 7

7515

(409

) 84

9-57

11

Des

crip

tion

Mic

helle

Lee

Lun

a w

as a

Hea

dSt

art s

tude

nt in

197

9. S

hecr

edits

her

tim

e w

ith H

ead

Star

tfo

r gi

ving

her

con

fide

nce

and

mat

urity

. Her

mot

her

reca

lls th

atH

ead

Star

t was

ther

e to

supp

ort h

er.

3488

Car

ol A

. Mac

Cum

bee

237

Val

ley

Roa

dB

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ley

Spri

ngs,

WV

254

11

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s

Hom

e V

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Hea

d St

art

105

Mye

rsB

erke

ley

Spri

ngs,

WV

154

11

(304

) 25

8-53

35

"Hea

d St

art h

as h

elpe

d ou

rfa

mily

...T

he te

ache

rs a

lway

s ha

veve

ry g

ood

idea

s ab

out h

ow to

teac

h th

e ch

ildre

n w

ith w

ays

that

I w

ould

n't n

orm

ally

thin

k of

mys

elf.

Hea

d St

art i

s a

won

derf

ulpr

ogra

m f

or le

arni

ng a

nden

joyi

ng le

arni

ng."

Jane

t Mae

stas

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T 8

4542

-050

8

(801

) 63

7-49

60

"Hea

d St

art i

s an

exc

elle

nt p

lace

to s

tart

you

r ch

ild's

lear

ning

expe

rien

ce. T

hey

lear

n to

com

mun

icat

e, to

sha

re, h

ow to

get a

long

with

oth

ers.

It t

each

esth

em g

ood

hygi

ene

and

heal

th...

The

y fe

ed th

emnu

triti

ous

mea

ls...

The

sta

ff a

regr

eat..

.I h

ope

I ha

ve th

eop

port

unity

to k

eep

lear

ning

and

to b

e pa

rt o

f th

is g

reat

pro

gram

."

Lutic

ia M

arsh

all

3650

E. L

ake

Mea

d B

lvd.

Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9115

(702

) 43

8-76

06

Jean

S. C

hild

s, C

hild

and

Fam

ily

Serv

ices

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

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ortu

nity

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rd o

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nty

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stoc

k D

rive

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Veg

as, N

V

(702

) 38

7-01

89

"Hea

d St

art h

as b

een

a gr

eat a

sset

to m

e in

mor

e w

ays

than

one

way

.It

not

onl

y w

orke

d fo

r m

y ch

ild,

but f

or m

y w

hole

fam

ily. I

am

now

bei

ng g

iven

the

oppo

rtun

ityto

get

trai

ning

in th

e so

cial

ser

vice

fiel

d. T

his

incl

udes

col

lege

cre

dit

tow

ards

a d

egre

e in

soc

ial w

ork.

It

has

been

pro

ven

to m

e th

at H

ead

Star

t rea

lly w

orks

."

349

Hea

d S

tart

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timon

ials

T I

7

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

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Pho

ne

Mic

hael

McA

rdle

844

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nue

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cken

ridg

e, P

A 1

5014

(412

) 22

6-97

66

Des

crip

tion

Mic

hael

is c

urre

ntly

in th

e th

ird

grad

e an

d do

ing

wel

l. H

e w

asre

cent

ly a

war

ded

a ce

rtif

icat

e of

reco

gniti

on a

nd e

njoy

s sc

hool

.H

is m

othe

r fi

rmly

"be

lieve

sth

is a

ttitu

de w

as im

plan

ted

whi

leat

tend

ing

his

Hea

d St

art

prog

ram

." 350

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Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

ls

Pat

ti M

iller

-Web

ster

4432

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ghn

Lan

eB

illin

gs, M

T 5

9101

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ngel

son

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low

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e C

ount

y H

ead

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t Inc

.P.

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ox 2

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ings

, MT

591

03

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33

"My

child

had

a s

peec

h pr

oble

m.

Hea

d St

art w

orke

d w

ith m

yfa

mily

and

my

child

to a

ssur

e th

atth

is p

robl

em w

as b

eing

dea

lt w

ithin

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

way

. We

wer

e tr

eate

d w

ith th

e ut

mos

tre

spec

t and

kin

dnes

s...M

y w

ish

isth

at a

ll fa

mili

es w

ith p

re-s

choo

lag

e ch

ildre

n co

uld

bene

fit f

rom

the

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am."

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e M

illik

an

Row

ena

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ick

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nt I

nvol

vem

ent C

oord

inat

orB

CM

W H

ead

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ox 7

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. Rex

ford

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tral

ia, I

L 6

2801

(618

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Ros

e's

son

has

been

on

the

hono

rro

ll si

nce

he s

tart

ed k

inde

rgar

ten.

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d St

art h

elpe

d hi

m g

et th

ere.

He

is in

the

four

th g

rade

and

doin

g go

od w

ork.

His

mot

her

feel

s th

at w

ithou

t Hea

d St

art,

hem

ight

not

hav

e su

ccee

ded.

Mic

helle

Mon

tgom

ery

Judy

Vea

ch

Dir

ecto

rE

mba

rras

Riv

er B

asin

Age

ncy

Hea

d St

art

P.O

. Box

307

Gre

enup

, IL

624

41

(217

) 92

3-51

41

"The

re a

re n

ot e

noug

h w

ords

tode

scri

be m

y de

epes

t app

reci

atio

nfo

r th

e E

mba

rras

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er B

asin

Age

ncy.

Dur

ing

a di

ffic

ult t

ime

inm

y lif

e, E

RB

A w

as a

lway

s th

ere.

Bei

ng a

n in

depe

nden

t sel

f-su

ffic

ient

sin

gle

pare

nt o

f tw

och

ildre

n w

ith o

nly

a hi

gh s

choo

led

ucat

ion

seem

ed to

be

anim

poss

ible

goa

l in

toda

y's

wor

ld.

ER

BA

, with

lovi

ng, c

arin

g ar

ms

and

unbe

lieva

ble

supp

ort,

was

ther

e w

aitin

g an

d ea

ger

to h

elp

me

reac

h m

y go

als.

The

y ha

vesu

ch p

rogr

ams

at H

ead

Star

t. T

hegr

eate

st g

ift E

RB

A g

ave

me

was

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

go

on to

colle

ge. T

oday

I a

m a

nin

depe

nden

t, se

lf-s

uffi

cien

tco

llege

gra

duat

e. I

mak

e a

dece

ntliv

ing

and

enjo

y m

y lif

e. I

hav

elif

e an

d he

alth

insu

ranc

e fo

r m

yfa

mily

as

wel

l as

retir

emen

tbe

nefi

ts."

Page 175: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Car

olyn

Moo

re

Kat

rina

McD

onal

d

Frie

nds

of C

hild

ren

ofM

issi

ssip

pi I

nc.

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son,

MS

(601

) 36

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13

Des

crip

tion

"It w

as th

roug

h H

ead

Star

t tha

t Ire

ceiv

ed th

e op

port

unity

tobe

com

e se

lf-s

uffi

cien

t whi

le m

ych

ild r

ecei

ved

the

solid

bas

isne

eded

to b

e co

mpe

titiv

e in

the

wor

ld. I

am

a s

ingl

e m

othe

r of

thre

e an

d no

w h

ave

my

own

jani

tori

al b

usin

ess

than

ks to

ase

lf-s

uffi

cien

cy p

roje

ct a

t Hea

dSt

art.

I si

gned

up

beca

use

I ha

dno

fea

r of

the

prog

ram

sin

ce m

ych

ild w

as e

nrol

led

in th

e ce

nter

.T

he p

eopl

e in

the

cent

er c

ared

abou

t me

and

my

fam

ily."

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Mor

e11

624

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bill

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e

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ead

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lerm

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ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Ann

was

so

affe

cted

as

avo

lunt

eer

in th

e H

ead

Star

tpr

ogra

m in

Chi

cago

's in

ner

city

inth

e 19

60s

that

she

bel

ieve

s he

rcu

rren

t wor

k w

ith h

igh-

risk

adol

esce

nts

is a

n ou

tgro

wth

of

that

time

in h

er li

fe. S

he c

ontin

ues

toce

lebr

ate

"the

uni

quen

ess

and

the

pote

ntia

l of

ever

y ch

ild w

ithw

hom

I w

ork.

"T

hank

you

, Hea

dSt

art,

for

begi

nnin

g it

all f

or m

ean

d fo

r th

e ot

hers

."

352

Che

rie M

orris

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Serv

ices

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

Opp

ortu

nity

Boa

rd o

fC

lark

Cou

nty

2228

Com

stoc

k D

rive

Las

Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 38

7-01

89

"I e

njoy

the

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

amfo

r m

y da

ught

er. H

ead

Star

t is

impo

rtan

t bec

ause

chi

ldre

n ne

edto

lear

n th

e ba

sics

bef

ore

they

ente

r ki

nder

gart

en...

1 le

arn

how

to h

ave

mor

e pa

tienc

e w

ith m

ych

ild a

nd I

rea

lly e

njoy

bei

ng a

ble

to h

elp

as m

uch

as I

can

."

Son

ya M

ott

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T 8

4542

-050

8

(801

) 63

7-49

60

"Hea

d St

art h

as m

ade

it po

ssib

lefo

r m

e to

atte

nd th

e un

iver

sity

.K

now

ing

that

my

child

is in

ago

od s

choo

l and

that

I c

an a

ffor

dit

has

been

won

derf

ul. M

yda

ught

er...

has

impr

oved

in m

any

area

s...a

nd h

as le

arne

d ho

w to

inte

ract

pos

itive

ly w

ith th

e ot

her

child

ren.

It h

as p

repa

red

her

for

kind

erga

rten

and

she

has

enjo

yed

it."

353

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

19

Page 176: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Bre

nda

Nic

hols

on81

4 M

t. Pl

ease

nt R

oad

Scot

tdal

e, P

A

(412

) 88

7-02

43

Sylv

ia J

effe

rs

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ter

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rvis

orSc

ottd

ale

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ter

W.H

.O. H

ead

Star

tG

reen

sbur

g, P

A 1

5601

(412

) 83

4-12

60

Des

crip

tion

Bre

nda

than

ks H

ead

Star

t for

help

ing

her

obta

in a

nd r

each

her

goal

s. S

he a

ttend

ed a

dult

educ

atio

n cl

asse

s th

roug

h H

ead

Star

t and

als

o ob

tain

ed a

GE

Dan

d gr

adua

ted

from

a n

ursi

ngpr

ogra

m. S

he p

asse

d he

r st

ate

boar

ds in

Oct

ober

199

4.

T20

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

ls

Julia

M. O

lsen

Lyn

ette

Had

den

Rur

al U

tah

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Hea

d St

art

150

A. W

est M

ain

Wel

lingt

on, U

T

(801

) 63

7-49

60

"Wor

ds c

an't

expr

ess

how

gra

tefu

lI

am f

or th

e w

ay th

e pr

ogra

m h

asch

ange

d m

y 4-

year

-old

's li

fe. H

eis

bor

derl

ine

hype

ract

ive,

and

befo

re H

ead

Star

t he

wou

ld th

row

tant

rum

s an

d so

met

imes

hit

me,

kick

me,

bite

me,

spi

t on

me,

or

call

me

nam

esre

gard

less

of

our

atte

mpt

s to

dis

cipl

ine

him

. Sin

cehe

beg

an in

Hea

d St

art,

he is

adi

ffer

ent c

hild

...he

use

s w

ords

toex

pres

s hi

s ne

eds

and

his

frus

trat

ion,

inst

ead

of n

egat

ive

actio

ns. W

ith a

ll m

y he

art I

am

grat

eful

for

the

bles

sing

of

havi

ngth

is e

xper

ienc

e in

our

live

s."

Chr

istin

a O

rtiz

Sout

hwes

t Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent

202

Eas

t Ear

ll, S

uite

140

Phoe

nix,

AZ

850

12

(602

) 23

1-03

73

Chr

istin

a is

the

faci

litie

s m

anag

erfo

r th

e pr

ogra

m. S

he w

rote

,"I

enj

oy h

elpi

ng H

ead

Star

t hel

pot

hers

bec

ause

I f

ed th

e pr

ogra

mde

fini

tely

ben

efitt

ed m

e. I

nev

erha

d an

y di

ffic

ulty

lear

ning

insc

hool

...I

am s

ure

that

sta

rted

with

my

firs

t Hea

d St

art

expe

rien

ce. H

ead

Star

t has

bee

nan

impo

rtan

t par

t of

my

life!

"

Lori

Oyl

erR

oute

3, B

ox 1

86-2

7H

edge

svill

e, W

V 2

5427

(304

) 75

4-68

23

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gie

Jone

s

Hom

e V

isito

rR

ESA

Hea

d St

art

105

Mye

rsB

erke

ley

Spri

ngs,

WV

154

11

(304

) 25

8-53

35

"The

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am h

asbe

en e

xcel

lent

! T

he c

hild

ren

have

bene

fitte

d fr

om th

e ce

nter

day

sso

muc

h. T

hey

get s

o m

uch

from

itbei

ng w

ith c

hild

ren,

lear

ning

new

son

gs, r

hym

es...

I ju

st c

an't

say

enou

gh g

ood

thin

gs. T

hete

ache

rs a

re ju

st s

uper

b. T

hank

you

from

the

botto

m o

f m

yhe

art!

"

Page 177: Accounts of Personal National Head Start Associa

Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Des

crip

tion

Am

y P

acht

inge

r

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

Opp

ortu

nity

Boa

rd o

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lark

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nty

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stoc

k D

rive

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Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 64

7-20

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"I c

an't

poss

ibly

thin

k of

eno

ugh

nice

, pos

itive

thin

gs to

say

abo

utth

e H

ead

Star

t pro

gram

...an

dth

e m

any

peop

le w

e've

had

the

good

for

tune

to m

eet t

hrou

gh th

epr

ogra

m...

Tha

nk y

ou f

orte

achi

ng n

ot o

nly

my

child

ren,

but m

ysel

f as

wel

l, th

at le

arni

ngca

n be

mor

e th

an f

un, e

ven

for

adul

ts. T

he r

esul

ts a

re li

mitl

ess

and

can

last

a li

fetim

e."

Lano

na P

enni

ngto

nR

oute

1, B

ox 1

83R

eeds

, MO

648

59

"Hea

d St

art h

as g

iven

me

a ne

wfo

und

inde

pend

ence

. I n

ow h

ave

a dr

iver

's li

cens

e al

ong

with

my

CD

A a

nd a

gre

ater

kno

wle

dge

ofpr

esch

ool c

hild

ren.

..I f

eel I

am

ava

luab

le a

sset

to th

e ch

ildre

n an

dth

eir

fam

ilies

and

I lo

vem

y jo

b."

356

Mic

helle

Por

ter

Pats

y T

hom

as

Dir

ecto

rC

obb

Cou

nty

Hea

d St

art

Nin

th D

istr

ict O

ppor

tuni

ty I

nc.

P.O

. Dra

wer

LG

aine

svill

e, G

a 30

503

(800

) 82

2-01

79

"Bei

ng in

Hea

d St

art h

elpe

dou

r en

tire

fam

ily...

Thi

ngs

are

real

ly g

oing

wel

l for

our

fam

ilyno

w...

1'11

sta

rt w

orki

ng in

Sept

embe

r w

hen

we'

re s

ettle

d in

toou

r br

and

new

, bea

utif

ul h

ome

that

we'

re b

uyin

g fr

om H

abita

tfo

r H

uman

ity."

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AII

AB

LE

Mitc

hell

Puf

f

Aly

ce M

. Dill

on

Exe

cutiv

e D

irec

tor

Pare

nts

in C

omm

unity

Act

ion

Inc.

700

Hum

bold

t Ave

nue

Nor

thM

inne

apol

is, M

N 5

5411

(617

) 37

7-74

22

"I a

m a

sin

gle

pare

nt o

f a

daug

hter

age

3. I

am

23

year

s of

age

and

a fu

ll-tim

e st

uden

t. Si

nce

my

daug

hter

's in

volv

emen

t in

Hea

d St

art,

she

has

coun

tless

song

s, g

ames

, and

way

s of

thin

king

at h

er d

ispo

sal t

hat s

hedo

es n

ot h

esita

te to

sha

re w

ithw

hom

ever

she

mee

ts. T

he p

eopl

ein

volv

ed w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m a

re th

ebe

st I

hav

e m

et th

roug

h al

lin

terv

iew

s I

have

had

with

any

inst

itutio

nal o

r in

divi

dual

day

care

pro

vide

r. W

ith th

e te

am o

fte

ache

rs th

ere

is a

sen

se o

fpu

rpos

e, o

f pr

ide

in w

hat t

hey

are

acco

mpl

ishi

ng th

at I

don

't se

nse

with

oth

er d

ay c

are

faci

litie

s. I

am

very

gra

tefu

l for

all

of th

e m

any

way

s m

y da

ught

er a

nd I

ben

efit

from

Hea

d St

art a

nd to

the

staf

fth

at s

erve

s th

e ch

ildre

n."

357

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

21

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eA

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Pho

ne

Con

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Titl

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ourt

, Apt

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5324

878-

5855

Des

crip

tion

Den

ise

felt

lost

and

alo

ne u

ntil

her

son

bega

n in

Hea

d St

art.

She

wro

te th

at h

er li

fe s

ince

Hea

dSt

art h

as m

eani

ng. T

he s

taff

beca

me

her

frie

nds

and

taug

ht h

erho

w to

inte

ract

with

chi

ldre

n an

dho

w to

set

and

ful

fill

goal

s. S

hebe

cam

e in

volv

ed w

ith h

er p

aren

tgr

oup

and

was

vot

ed to

be

thei

rpo

licy

coun

cil r

epre

sent

ativ

e. S

hew

as th

en e

lect

ed to

ano

ther

lead

ersh

ip p

ositi

on. N

ow s

he is

ate

ache

r's a

ide

and

plan

s to

go

toco

llege

to e

arn

a C

DA

. She

beca

me

a he

ad te

ache

r an

d ho

pes

to s

omed

ay b

ecom

e a

Hea

d St

art

dire

ctor

. She

kno

ws

"the

sky

isth

e lim

it."

358

T22

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d S

tart

Tes

timon

ials

Che

ryl R

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, CA

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9) 4

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uth

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d St

art

1637

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rd A

venu

e, S

uite

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hula

Vis

ta, C

A 9

1911

(619

) 42

2-16

42

Che

ryl i

s a

sing

le p

aren

t of

two

sons

. She

has

vol

unte

ered

at H

ead

Star

t and

is n

ow c

ontin

uing

her

educ

atio

n. H

er g

oal i

s to

bec

ome

a te

ache

r. S

he ti

tled

her

stor

y"T

he S

ecre

t Suc

cess

."

Chr

istin

e R

eed

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

trat

orE

cono

mic

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ortu

nity

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rd o

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lark

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nty

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stoc

k D

rive

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Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 64

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10

Chr

istin

e w

rite

s ab

out h

er tw

och

ildre

n an

d ho

w th

ey h

ave

bene

fitte

d fr

om H

ead

Star

t. H

erda

ught

er is

in k

inde

rgar

ten

and

atth

e he

ad o

f he

r cl

ass.

Her

boy

isst

ill in

Hea

d St

art a

nd th

epr

ogra

m is

hel

ping

this

shy

chi

ldge

t alo

ng w

ith o

ther

chi

ldre

n. T

hech

ildre

n as

k he

r to

rea

d to

them

and

she

thin

ks H

ead

Star

t has

enco

urag

ed th

em to

do

thin

gs f

orth

emse

lves

and

will

hel

p th

emla

ter

in li

fe.

Des

eree

Ric

hard

son

1877

Eun

ice

Cou

rtV

irgi

nia

Bea

ch, V

A 2

3454

"Hea

d St

art h

as h

elpe

d m

ein

the

last

yea

r to

gai

n ba

ck m

yse

lf-e

stee

m...

1 ha

ve le

arne

d to

be

self

-em

pow

ered

and

sel

f-ef

fici

ent

thro

ugh

the

help

of

our

Hea

dSt

art p

rogr

am...

Hea

d St

art h

asbe

com

e a

fam

ily to

me.

..1 w

ould

like

to ju

st s

ay th

ank

you

for

givi

ng m

e ju

st th

at c

hanc

e to

hav

ea

head

sta

rt w

ith m

y lif

e."

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eA

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Pho

ne

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Pho

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Julie

Ric

hey

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ly C

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gram

1805

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3501

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crip

tion

"Wor

king

for

Hea

d S

tart

has

offe

red

me

adva

ncem

ent,

trai

ning

and

educ

atio

n. It

has

giv

en m

e

secu

rity

in a

goo

d jo

b at

a p

lace

that

is h

elpi

ng o

ther

s al

ong

with

me

and

my

fam

ily...

I hav

e se

enso

muc

h go

od fr

om H

ead

Sta

rtbo

th in

my

child

and

me

as a

pare

nt...

I fee

l the

pro

gram

has

been

an

asse

t to

me

and

my

son'

s

futu

re...

It ha

s gi

ven

us b

oth

aH

ead

Sta

rt."

Ger

rie R

ober

son

Mon

ica

McC

lure

Hal

l Cou

nty

Hum

an R

esou

rces

318

Sou

th C

lark

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nd Is

land

, NE

655

01

(308

) 38

8-51

15

"Whe

n I m

arrie

d, m

y hu

sban

dw

ould

be

brok

e by

Wed

nesd

ay.

I mar

ried

an a

lcoh

olic

and

a

com

puls

ive

gam

bler

. Thr

ough

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g, c

arin

g, a

nd s

harin

gof

my

son'

s H

ead

Sta

rt te

ache

r,

I beg

an to

hea

l. T

hrou

gh

enco

urag

emen

t fro

m m

y H

ead

Sta

rt fr

iend

s, I

ente

red

Cen

tral

Com

mun

ity C

olle

ge. I

've

grad

uate

d fr

om c

olle

ge a

nd

open

ed m

y ow

n dr

aper

y bu

sine

ss.

I've

beco

me

an a

dvoc

ate

for

Hea

d

Sta

rt b

y sp

eaki

ng a

nd te

stify

ing

on c

hild

ren

and

fam

ily is

sues

.

Hea

d S

tart

was

the

turn

ing

poin

tin

my

life.

"

360

Val

erie

Rob

inso

n-M

ann

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts fo

r H

ead

Sta

rt

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts fo

r H

ead

Sta

rt In

c.90

Mar

tin S

tree

tP

ater

son,

NJ

0750

1

(201

) 34

5-95

55

"I h

ope

this

pro

gram

will

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d an

d gr

owbe

caus

e as

it d

oes

so d

o w

e. T

he

Hea

d S

tart

pro

gram

is ju

st a

s its

nam

e st

ates

, a H

ead

Sta

rt."

Mar

cia

Ros

ha

Hea

d S

tart

Rea

ch U

p In

c.23

6 H

ighw

ay 1

0 N

orth

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ud, M

N 5

6304

(612

) 25

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10

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cia'

s da

ught

er h

as D

own'

ssy

ndro

me

and

need

s st

imul

i to

lear

n. M

arci

a ch

ose

Hom

e B

ased

Hea

d S

tart

and

was

am

azed

to

lear

n ab

out t

he a

vaila

ble

activ

ities

,th

e op

port

uniti

es to

vol

unte

er,

the

info

rmat

ion

she

lear

ned

abou

the

r co

mm

unity

, and

wha

t she

lear

ned

abou

t adv

ocac

y fo

r he

rda

ught

er. S

he w

rote

, "H

ead

Sta

rt

beca

me

a sp

ecia

l fam

ily ti

me.

My

othe

r da

ught

ers

have

als

o en

joye

d

and

lear

ned

mor

e al

ong

with

my

Hea

d S

tart

stu

dent

and

mys

elf."

3611

Hea

d S

tart

Tes

timon

ials

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eA

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la R

oton

Dis

abili

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r

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nee,

OK

748

01

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) 27

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60

Paul

a R

oton

wro

te th

at h

er s

onha

s ce

rebr

al p

alsy

and

had

trou

ble

wal

king

whe

n he

ent

ered

Hea

dSt

art a

t age

3. T

he te

ache

rs h

elpe

dhi

m r

ide

a tr

icyc

le a

nd le

arn

tow

alk.

He

has

neve

r st

oppe

d tr

ying

and

has

mad

e w

onde

rful

str

ides

.Pa

ula

give

s "h

is H

ead

Star

tex

peri

ence

a tr

emen

dous

am

ount

of c

redi

tit g

ave

him

the

conf

iden

ce a

nd d

eter

min

atio

n he

need

ed to

suc

ceed

in th

e w

orld

, in

spite

of

his

disa

bilit

y."

362

T24

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

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e

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ead

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ia, O

H 4

5103

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) 73

2-72

76

"We

have

the

high

est r

espe

ctfo

r th

e pr

ogra

m a

nd h

ope

that

inye

ars

to c

ome

man

y pe

ople

will

be a

ble

to b

enef

it fr

om H

ead

Star

tan

d ho

pe th

at it

will

be

able

topr

ovid

e th

is s

ervi

ce to

...fa

mili

esw

ho h

ave

spec

ial n

eeds

..."

Shar

on's

son

And

rew

nee

ded

help

with

soc

ial s

kills

and

spe

ech.

Hea

d St

art o

ffer

ed th

e as

sist

ance

he n

eede

d an

d al

so h

elpe

d ot

her

fam

ily m

embe

rs.

Rey

na S

alas

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

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rd o

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nty

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rive

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Veg

as, N

V 8

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(702

) 64

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"The

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am h

asbe

en a

won

derf

ul e

xper

ienc

e fo

rm

y gi

rls,

a g

ood

door

-ope

ner

for

scho

ol. T

he te

ache

rs h

ave

help

edm

y da

ught

ers

over

com

e th

eir

shyn

ess,

enh

anci

ng th

eir

soci

alsk

ills.

The

y've

not

onl

y re

info

rced

my

daug

hter

s' g

ood

man

ners

,po

liten

ess,

goo

d be

havi

or, b

ut a

lso

stre

ssed

goo

d ta

ble

man

ners

,ta

ught

them

how

to b

e se

lf-

suff

icie

nt a

t the

tabl

e, g

ood

hygi

ene

by h

avin

g ch

ildre

n w

ash

thei

r ha

nds

befo

re lu

nch

and

snac

k tim

e. I

love

the

verb

al p

rais

eth

e te

ache

rs u

se to

rei

nfor

ce g

ood

attit

udes

in c

hild

ren.

I a

m tr

uly

grat

eful

for

hav

ing

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

be

a H

ead

Star

tpa

rent

."

363

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591

03

(406

) 24

5-72

33

"With

out H

ead

Star

t, w

ew

ould

be

just

teen

age

mot

hers

with

out h

opes

of

havi

ng e

qual

oppo

rtun

ities

. Thi

s pr

ogra

m...

isth

e fi

rst s

tep

to r

educ

ing

wel

fare

prob

lem

s...W

ith y

our

help

we

can

set a

n ex

ampl

e fo

r th

e ne

xtge

nera

tion.

"

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eA

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bie

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on, N

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Des

crip

tion

"I e

njoy

usi

ng c

reat

ive

tech

niqu

esto

hel

p ch

ildre

n gr

ow."

Deb

bie

Seve

rson

wro

te a

bout

how

enri

ched

she

fel

t thr

ough

Hea

dSt

art a

nd a

bout

how

she

isap

plyi

ng w

hat s

he le

arne

d to

her

job

in c

hild

car

e.

Tan

gie

Sha

w

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

Star

t

Con

cern

ed P

aren

ts f

or H

ead

Star

t Inc

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tin S

tree

tPa

ters

on, N

J 07

501

(201

) 34

5-95

55

"I f

eel l

ike

I'm a

t hom

e w

hen

I'm h

ere.

I g

et to

talk

to th

e lit

tlech

ildre

n an

d I

lear

n di

ffer

ent

thin

gs a

bout

them

."

''°g4

Jane

Ski

nner

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Adm

inis

trat

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mic

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nity

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rd o

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nty

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rive

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Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 64

7-20

10

Jane

wri

tes

that

she

has

bee

nem

ploy

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t for

alm

ost 2

5 ye

ars.

She

is n

ow th

eed

ucat

ion

coor

dina

tor

and

has

seen

"hu

ndre

ds o

f po

or c

hild

ren

and

thei

r fa

mili

es' l

ives

take

apo

sitiv

e tu

rn b

ecau

se o

f H

ead

Star

t." A

bout

her

ow

n fa

mily

, she

wri

tes

that

her

twin

dau

ghte

rsw

ho a

ttend

ed a

re s

ucce

ssfu

l in

thei

r ch

osen

car

eers

. Hea

d St

art

also

allo

wed

Jan

to f

urth

er h

ered

ucat

ion

in e

arly

chi

ldho

oded

ucat

ion.

She

rec

eive

d an

asso

ciat

e in

sci

ence

deg

ree

and

said

, "A

ll of

my

succ

ess

in li

fe h

asco

me

abou

t bec

ause

of

my

affi

liatio

n w

ith H

ead

Star

t."

Alic

e B

uck

Smith

301

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h C

reek

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denv

ille,

OK

748

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5) 3

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d St

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) 62

3-27

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Alic

e, th

e m

othe

r of

six

chi

ldre

n,w

rote

, "I

have

rea

lly e

njoy

edbe

ing

a pa

rt o

f ou

r H

ead

Star

tpr

ogra

m th

e pa

st 1

0 ye

ars.

It h

as r

eally

hel

ped

me

to d

eal

with

eac

h on

e of

my

child

ren

and

be a

bet

ter

pare

nt. H

ead

Star

t is

an e

xcel

lent

pre

scho

ol p

rogr

am.

Thi

s is

my

last

yea

r in

Hea

d St

art,

but I

will

alw

ays

be a

n ad

voca

tean

d su

ppor

ter

of th

e H

ead

Star

tpr

ogra

m."

Alic

e an

d he

r hu

sban

dno

w o

wn

thei

r ow

n ba

rber

sho

p.

3R5

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

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d St

art R

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son

inH

ead

Star

t and

, alth

ough

she

was

a sh

y pe

rson

, she

got

hea

vily

invo

lved

. She

bec

ame

a vi

ce-

chai

rper

son,

hel

ped

with

recr

uitm

ent a

nd b

ecam

e a

regu

lar

clas

sroo

m v

olun

teer

. She

sai

d he

r"g

irls

hav

e bl

osso

med

...an

din

stea

d of

bei

ng w

orri

ed a

bout

thei

r fu

ture

...it

will

be

OK

."

366

T26

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

ls

Sel

eda

Sm

ith

Ida

McG

ee

Hea

lth C

oord

inat

orJo

hn X

XII

I E

duca

tiona

l Cen

ter

Inc.

1393

Eas

t Bro

ad S

tree

t 2nd

Flo

orC

olum

bus,

OH

432

05

(614

) 25

1-11

00

Thi

s ch

ild p

rese

nted

spe

cial

chal

leng

es to

the

Hea

d St

art s

taff

.H

er h

ealth

pro

blem

s w

ere

caus

ed b

y el

evat

ed le

ad le

vels

inth

e bl

ood

and

her

beha

vior

was

affe

cted

. Her

mot

her

wor

ked

with

the

staf

f, th

e pu

blic

hea

lthde

part

men

t, an

d Se

leda

atte

nded

kind

erga

rten

with

rel

ativ

ely

few

prob

lem

s.

Lisa

Sno

dder

ly

Flor

ence

Mat

heso

n

Exe

cutiv

e D

irec

tor

Lew

is C

lark

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

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ram

1805

19t

h A

venu

eL

ewis

ton,

ID

835

01

(208

) 74

3-65

73

Lis

a w

rote

abo

ut h

er e

xper

ienc

e as

a H

ead

Star

t par

ent.

She

enjo

yed

wat

chin

g he

r so

n le

arn

and

said

,"I

t is

a tim

e I

will

nev

er f

orge

t."Sh

e is

look

ing

forw

ard

to b

eing

invo

lved

whe

n he

r se

cond

chi

ld is

enro

lled.

367

Son

ya

Ter

rie

Har

e

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ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

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ead

Star

t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

"Hea

d St

art h

as ta

ught

me

tobe

lieve

in m

ysel

f,"

wro

te S

onya

.Sh

e w

as a

teen

age

mot

her

dete

rmin

ed to

hel

p he

r so

n w

hen

she

beca

me

invo

lved

in H

ead

Star

t. Sh

e vo

lunt

eere

d an

d w

asla

ter

hire

d by

the

prog

ram

as

abu

s dr

iver

. She

ear

ned

a C

DA

and

even

tual

ly b

ecam

e a

teac

her.

Whe

n he

r em

otio

ns a

bout

her

unha

ppy

child

hood

sur

face

d,H

ead

Star

t hel

ped

her

get

coun

selin

g an

d w

ork

thin

gs o

ut.

She

has

a se

cond

chi

ld n

ow, l

oves

teac

hing

, and

fee

ls s

he o

wes

her

succ

ess

to H

ead

Star

t.

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Jim

Ste

rling

Lin

da F

ulle

r

Dir

ecto

rA

ctio

n In

c.51

0 W

est B

ened

ict

Shaw

nee,

OK

748

01

(405

) 27

5-60

60

Des

crip

tion

Jim

Ste

rling

, a d

isab

led

sing

lepa

rent

with

em

phys

ema

and

othe

rlim

itatio

ns, w

rote

, "H

ead

Star

tha

s do

ne a

n ex

celle

nt jo

b of

fill

ing

in th

e cr

acks

in m

y bo

y's

earl

yde

velo

pmen

t. It

has

bee

n cr

ucia

lin

his

soc

ializ

atio

n...W

ith th

e ai

dof

Hea

d St

art,

he is

dev

elop

ing

into

a b

righ

t, in

telli

gent

, cur

ious

and

wel

l-ro

unde

d so

cial

per

son

with

a g

reat

app

etite

for

life

and

lear

ning

."

Mau

reen

Ste

vens

Mur

iel F

reif

eld

Cla

rksb

urg

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool

Cla

rksb

urg,

MD

"The

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am li

tera

llych

ange

d m

y lif

e. L

ittle

did

I k

now

that

wha

t I e

xper

ienc

ed 1

7 ye

ars

ago

thro

ugh

the

Hea

d St

art

prog

ram

wou

ld to

uch

my

life

toda

y. T

he b

est w

ay to

vis

ualiz

eth

e im

pact

of

Mrs

. Fre

ifel

d (H

ead

Star

t tea

cher

) an

d th

e pr

ogra

m a

reri

pple

s in

wat

er. T

here

is n

o w

ayof

kno

win

g th

e co

untle

ss n

umbe

rof

live

s th

at w

ill b

e ch

ange

d."

368

Shi

rley

Ste

war

t

Ham

ilton

Cou

nty

Scho

ols

60 N

ouvn

er D

rive

Cin

cinn

ati,

OH

452

15

(513

) 77

1-96

16

"I w

ant t

o th

ank

Hea

d St

art f

orth

e op

port

uniti

es o

ffer

ed m

e,st

artin

g fi

ftee

n ye

ars

ago.

I k

now

I am

som

ebod

y, a

nd I

like

that

som

ebod

y. T

hank

s to

Hea

dSt

art!

" Sh

irle

y St

ewar

t wor

ked

firs

t as

a vo

lunt

eer

and

even

tual

lyas

a d

isab

ilitie

s/ho

me

base

das

sist

ant.

She

hope

s to

be

aco

ordi

nato

r w

ithin

fiv

e ye

ars.

Jenn

ifer

Sto

kes

Lau

rel C

heck

elsk

y

Adm

inis

trat

orK

no H

o C

o C

omm

unity

Act

ion

Hea

d St

art

300

Bri

dge

St.,

War

saw

, Ohi

o 43

844

(614

) 82

4-35

11

Jenn

ifer

is a

div

orce

d m

othe

r of

thre

e ch

ildre

n. S

he a

ttrib

utes

her

child

ren'

s su

cces

s in

ele

men

tary

scho

ol to

the

staf

f at

Hea

d St

art.

She

wro

te, "

Tha

nks

to th

esu

ppor

t and

enc

oura

gem

ent I

rece

ived

fro

m th

e st

aff

at H

ead

Star

t, I

am n

ow w

orki

ng a

nd o

ffal

l ass

ista

nce

from

wel

fare

...I

amal

so w

orki

ng to

war

d m

y G

ED

and

hope

to c

ontin

ue m

yed

ucat

ion.

I a

m w

orki

ng to

war

dbe

ing

a po

sitiv

e ro

le m

odel

for

my

child

ren.

I c

redi

t Hea

d St

art

for

givi

ng m

e th

e co

urag

e to

mak

eth

ese

chan

ges

in m

y lif

e."

Her

you

nges

t chi

ld h

ad s

peec

hpr

oble

ms

and

Hea

d St

art

arra

nged

to h

ave

his

hear

ing

test

ed. M

ost o

f hi

s sp

eech

prob

lem

s ar

e no

w e

limin

ated

.

369

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

27

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Kim

Str

atm

an

Ter

rie

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e

Dir

ecto

rC

lerm

ont C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t24

00 C

lerm

ont C

ente

r D

rive

Box

206

Bat

avia

, OH

451

03

(513

) 73

2-72

76

Des

crip

tion

Kim

hea

rd a

bout

Hea

d St

art a

fter

sepa

ratin

g fr

om h

er h

usba

nd.

She

enro

lled

her

daug

hter

and

enjo

yed

volu

ntee

ring

. She

was

hire

d as

a b

us d

rive

r an

d te

n ye

ars

late

r is

now

the

spec

ial n

eeds

teac

her.

She

wro

te th

at th

roug

hH

ead

Star

t, "n

ot o

nly

did

my

prof

essi

onal

life

pro

gres

s, m

yho

me

life

grew

str

onge

r."

She

reun

ited

with

her

hus

band

and

they

pur

chas

ed th

eir

firs

t hom

e.H

er d

augh

ter

and

son

are

exce

llent

stud

ents

, and

she

is h

appy

to h

ave

lear

ned

how

to b

e in

depe

nden

t,no

t dep

ende

nt. K

im w

rote

,"I

can

not e

xpre

ss h

ow im

port

ant

Hea

d St

art i

s to

me.

..I a

m n

olo

nger

that

per

son

with

now

here

to tu

rn."

370

T28

Hea

d S

tart

Tes

timon

ials

Jenn

ifer

Str

aub

(614

) 38

7-10

39

Mar

ion

Cra

wfo

rd

Com

mun

ity A

ctio

n C

omm

issi

on24

0 E

. Chu

rch

St.,

P.O

. Box

779

Mar

ion,

OH

433

01-0

779

(614

) 38

7-10

39

"Whe

n ou

r ho

me

base

vis

itor

cam

e in

to o

ur li

ves,

she

taug

ht m

ym

om h

ow to

turn

that

pre

ciou

stim

e in

to q

ualit

y pr

oduc

tive

time

with

my

sist

er a

nd m

e...l

f sh

e ha

dno

t com

e in

to o

ur li

ves,

I tr

uly

belie

ve I

wou

ld n

ot b

e w

here

I a

mto

day.

She

rry

(the

hom

e ba

sevi

sito

r) w

ill n

ever

be

forg

otte

n by

my

fam

ily o

r m

ysel

f."

Jenn

ifer

isno

w a

hom

e ba

se v

isito

r fo

rH

ead

Star

t.

Ter

ri S

tum

pf

Ham

ilton

Cou

nty

Sch

ools

60 N

ouvn

er D

rive

Cin

cinn

ati,

OH

452

15

(513

) 77

1-96

16

"Whe

n m

y so

n w

as e

nrol

led

in H

amilt

on C

ount

y H

ead

Star

t,it

open

ed m

any

door

s of

oppo

rtun

ity f

or h

im a

nd m

e. W

ebo

th le

arne

d se

lf-c

onfi

denc

e as

are

sult

of th

e ca

n do

atti

tude

of

the

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am,"

wro

te T

erri

.T

erri

Stu

mpf

wro

te th

at s

hede

velo

ped

the

cour

age

to a

pply

for

Hea

d St

art p

ositi

ons

with

the

enco

urag

emen

t of

Hea

d St

art

staf

f. S

he h

as b

een

empl

oyed

for

13 y

ears

, rec

eive

d a

CD

A, a

nd h

asre

turn

ed to

col

lege

. Her

goa

l is

tobe

a p

aren

t inv

olve

men

t man

ager

.

371

Car

olyn

Sut

herli

n13

16 N

. Oak

land

Ave

nue

Indi

anap

olis

, IN

462

01

(317

) 46

4-98

94

Com

mun

ity A

ctio

n H

ead

Star

t

Dir

ecto

rC

omm

unity

Act

ion

Hea

d St

art

2801

N. C

apito

l Ave

nue

Indi

anap

olis

, IN

462

08

(317

) 92

7-57

39

"Hea

d St

art h

as h

elpe

d m

e to

open

my

eyes

a li

ttle

wid

er a

ndhe

lped

me

unde

rsta

nd a

ndap

prec

iate

my

child

ren

and

thei

red

ucat

ion

a lo

t mor

e. I

hav

ebe

com

e ca

lmer

with

my

child

ren

and

mor

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

eir

way

s of

dea

ling

with

dif

fere

ntth

ings

...T

he s

oone

r pr

oble

ms

are

mad

e aw

are

of, t

he s

oone

r th

eym

ay b

e re

solv

ed...

I tr

uly

belie

veth

at c

hild

ren

from

low

er in

com

efa

mili

es h

ave

a gr

eate

r nu

mbe

r of

barr

iers

blo

ckin

g th

eir

view

of

the

wor

ld...

I th

ink

ever

yone

des

erve

sa

Hea

d St

art."

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Nam

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Con

tact

Titl

eA

ddre

ss

Pho

ne

Tam

mi

Pam

ela

Whi

te

Soci

al S

ervi

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Coo

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c.Su

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A, P

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, KS

6715

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(316

) 32

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Des

crip

tion

Sin

ce T

amm

i bec

ame

invo

lved

inH

ead

Star

t, sh

e st

arte

d an

appr

entic

eshi

p in

the

com

pute

rfi

eld,

sm

iles

ofte

n, h

as f

ound

child

car

e, lo

st 5

0 po

unds

, and

has

beco

me

open

ly a

ffec

tiona

tean

d se

lf-r

elia

nt. T

his

cont

rast

sw

ith h

er e

arlie

r be

havi

or w

hen

she

was

rec

lusi

ve, o

verl

y pr

otec

tive

ofhe

r ch

ildre

n, d

id n

ot tr

ust

anyo

ne, a

nd w

as is

olat

ed.

Con

nieT

rayl

or

Ter

esa

But

ler

Fam

ily S

ervi

ces

Spec

ialis

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d St

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lpha

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ter

1286

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ashi

ngto

n A

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, GA

Aft

er b

ecom

ing

invo

lved

in H

ead

Star

t, C

onni

e's

who

le o

utlo

ok o

nlif

e ch

ange

d, in

clud

ing

her

appe

aran

ce a

nd s

elf-

este

em. S

heha

s gr

own

trem

endo

usly

and

deve

lope

d pr

ide

in h

erse

lf a

nd h

erfa

mily

. She

is n

ow w

orki

ng a

s a

secu

rity

gua

rd a

t a s

ecur

ityco

rpor

atio

n.

372

Mon

issa

Tun

ble

Jean

S. C

hild

s

Serv

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nty

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Veg

as, N

V 8

9030

(702

) 38

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89

"My

daug

hter

love

s he

r te

ache

rsan

d th

e ac

tiviti

es th

ey h

ave

incl

ass.

She

als

o lo

ves

the

mea

ls th

atar

e se

rved

dai

ly...

EO

B (

Hea

dSt

art)

has

hel

ped

me

mor

e th

anan

yone

cou

ld th

ink.

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Cin

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r25

118

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Dam

ascu

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aryl

and

2087

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Mur

iel F

reif

eld

Cla

rksb

urg

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool

Cla

rksb

urg,

MD

Thi

s pa

rent

wro

te a

bout

a H

ead

Star

t tea

cher

, Mur

iel F

reif

eld.

"The

edu

catio

n th

at th

e ch

ildre

nre

ceiv

ed in

side

thos

e fo

ur w

alls

surp

asse

d an

ythi

ng I

had

eve

rse

en b

efor

e. M

urie

l sha

ped

the

hear

ts a

nd m

inds

of

ever

yone

she

cam

e in

to c

onta

ct w

ith. S

he tr

uly

is a

ray

of

suns

hine

!" 373

Hea

d St

art T

estim

onia

lsT

29

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ne

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845

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508

(801

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ad li

ttle

self

-est

eem

,se

lf-w

orth

, and

sel

f-co

nfid

ence

.I

was

in a

n ab

usiv

e m

arri

age

and

I fe

lt I

real

ly h

ad n

o re

ason

to li

ve,

othe

r th

an m

y ch

ildre

n. I

n H

ead

Star

t I s

tart

ed to

cre

ate

aw

onde

rful

cir

cle

enfo

ldin

g m

ych

ildre

n an

d m

e w

ith h

ighe

rse

lf-e

stee

m, m

ore

conf

iden

ce, a

ndm

ore

secu

re f

eelin

gs. M

y w

orld

suff

ered

sev

eral

terr

ible

blo

ws

and

it w

as m

y H

ead

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t fam

ily th

atw

as th

ere

to s

tand

by

me,

to o

ffer

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