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Audrey Beyal,
Recreation Coordinator
For Tina, Yvonne, and Wilson,
they all remember Audrey coming to ODY as an 8th grader.
Audrey said after many years
playing basketball with the program, she also started working
as a summer student. When she
graduated high school in 2000,
she left to college to pursue her
college education, but returned
in the summer of 2002 and has
been working with ODY.
Audrey enjoys watching the
youth grow up with the program. She has many titles including coach for a youth basketball team, which she enjoys
coaching even during the days
she is off from work. It’s clearly evident that commitment to
youth is more than talking about
support for Audrey. It’s showing
she is there in person. Audrey
claims that she wished there
was more funding so their program can help more kids.
Tasha Williams,
Prevention Specialist
After three years with ODY in
2005 to 2008, Tasha recently returned to ODY as their Prevention Specialist. Her background
as a Senior Case Worker has
given her many tools to work
with the youth. She truly believes our youth are our future.
She is adamant about helping
the youth and that’s one reason why she returned to ODY.
Some activities she administers
are Child Explore, recreation
and education activities, and inhouse and outreach programs.
Tasha claims although ODY’s
funding is limited, she takes a
lot of pride in helping where they
can. For example, the summer
youth employment program.
Although the program can cur-
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rently only help only one high
school student and one college
student from each chapter, she
believes it does make a difference. She is hopeful their program will obtain more funding
so they can help more youth
in the many different programs
they offer.
Brandon Lee,
Maintenance Worker
Brandon admits that he know
what it’s like to go through the
lows of life from family, social,
or/and tragedy. In the year and
half since he has been with
ODY, he prefers to focus on the
positivity of things. He stated
that our youth do make mistakes, but he is there to support
them to make better choices. He
enjoys working with the youth
and has realized that he many
of the youth look up to him. It
was evident that that brought
happiness with the big smile he
shared. He stressed that community involvement is important
and that we all can make a positive difference and bring out the
potential in our youth. He also
stated that it’s important that
we, as a community, look out for
each other.
Alisha Damon,
Recreation Coordinator
Alisha joined ODY in January of
2013, but her experience surpasses that short time period.
Although ODY introduced her to
working primarily with children,
she has an extensive resume in
fitness and health and working
with adults and schools, but not
youth on an everyday basis until now.
Alisha contributes by assisting
with recreation, game activities,
team building, growing character, behavior, learning and personality
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“a negative mind will never give you a positive life” -unknown