I mean you dont have to...but please do if you have 5 minutes to spare.
http://think.mtv.com/044FDFFFF0098A13200170098FF1F/

Take a look at this video. If it gets enough hits, it might make it on MTV :uhhok: Just trying to get some exposure so people can realize the positive impact programs like these make in the lives of individuals and communities.

Thanks!
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As a lot of you guys know I work at EBAYC managing an after school program. A lot of you guys helped me out by making donations during the holidays or giving support shout outs. (I still have the freaking smilie balls to send out ) But anyway, another program that is funded through the organization is Street Side Productions. They take kids on probation and teach them job skills and video production. The videos that they put out are amazing.

Check out their Youtube profile for some short clips.
http://youtube.com/user/ebaycStreetside

Let me know if you guys have questions or something I like talking about my work sometimes.

 

Nice!!!!

Edit:

Man... I KNEW this kind of wave was going to happen on the education tip. I have goose bumps from the love that's being shared . Besides a click, what else can we do to contribute?

Emailed to 20 people I know will watch it h:

 

watched

 

Thanks guys. I dont know whats up with the views counter on there. It hasnt moved in a while...and I refreshed a couple times

But yea, I have been so busy with work and the other side things going on relating back to work. I hardly even get to post nowadays

 

Are you also involved with them Will?

 

Directly no. We work at different programs within the agency. I dont have the skills to work with that type of caseload

 

Done... Always happy to support Wongs

 

Don't take yourself so seriously. Pretend you're lucky to have watched it.

So you work with the kids that haven't gotten in trouble? I ask, because you're a good person to have on the preventative side of the scale.

 

I direct an after school program serving 150+ elementary students. Are the students trouble makers? There are the typical bad boys, and theres also the occasional group that just needs special intervention even at the elementary level. I am talking kids that bring knives to school, get in fights, vandalize...My program gives them that, and if I dont have the resources to, I direct them to someone at the organization that does.

An unique component to all of our after school programs is that we utilize high school interns to teach a reading curriculum and teach enrichment courses. So I manage a group of 27-30 of them...in addition to 13 school day teachers who does homework tutorial.

Are the high school interns troubled? No so much as the kids that go through Street Side. I have interns with 4.0+ gpas and are university bound with full scholarship rides. I also have some that are more challenged academically, but have street smarts and are able to build awesome relationship with the kids. Those are more of a challenge of mine...getting them on track academically while they maintain the internship. This year, I had 1 intern that also came with a PO. :uhhok:

 

I get it now. You're on the preventative side of the spectrum. You have the toughest job, because it's hard for law enforcement to explain the crimes that weren't committed because of your programs. You get to care without knowing whether or not your programs are going to materialize into a permanent part of the community.

Will is the real deal. Take a good look, guys. Hope personified.