Our House e-newsletter June 2012 | Page 4

by Ganelle Grimm, Development Coordinator Our House’s job training program offers hands-on experience in specific career fields like child care, security, and facilities maintenance. Job trainees learn and practice the skills associated with these fields in internships on the campus of Our House. They meet once a week on Monday mornings in the Shelter where their supervisor, Director of Client Services Justin Sanders, will read a mission statement called “What We Stand For.” When asked to tell the group what he stood for, Travis wrote a thoughtful, sincere poem that describes not only what he believes, but also what any hard-working resident may learn by making the commitment to complete the Our House program. continued on page 6