joining the team, Now he
talks about it as an ―exciting
experience, getting out of
my comfort zone.‖
With graduation time here,
Dante is scheduled to leave
for a military base this
summer. ―I‘m going to be a
Practical Nurse for the
United States Army.‖ Dante
says it‘s not his army dad‘s
influence but a ―personal
choice. … With the military,
I‘ll always have a career
and always have money.‖
He says the concern about
money doesn‘t come from
his experience with homelessness but from ―thinking
long term. If I was to have
a family of my own I‘d be
able to take care of them.‖
In Our Club, other teens like
Dante can get help preparing
for the future. Our new
Children‘s Center has a
teen room designed for 13to 17-year-olds, where they
can study, practice for the
ACT, work on job skills, or
relax with friends.