Our House e-newsletter May 2012 | Page 36

Lisa Chrzanowski Lisa provides one-hour, intensive, individual budgeting sessions for our students interested in pursuing their financial education to a skilled degree. Students work with Lisa one-on-one to edit & manage their personal budgets, with an eye toward sustainability & savings. Lisa’s service represents a crucial goal of the Learning Center: to impart lasting, helpful knowledge for the present & future. Joe Locke Joe is our wonderful Money Matters facilitator, a class which covers basic budgeting & savings skills. Students create a budget, talk about the fundamentals & importance of savings, & learn how to become savvy consumers. Sharon Long Throughout the year, Sharon has been an indispensable guide for our team as we launched a new program in the Learning Center. The program, Our H.O.P.E. (Health Options for Parenting Education), is scheduled to begin this month, & it would be absolutely impossible without Sharon’s expertise. Denise Palmer Denise leads the Hands-On IT class, in which students work through advanced computer programs such as Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint. In her 3-week course, Denise leads our students through creating business cards, agendas, & graphics, among many other things. Maggie Smith In the past seven months, Maggie has facilitated the highly popular Legal Education class, which has covered topics from Patient Rights to Marriage, Custody & Divorce, & expungement.