{"id":2305,"date":"2023-12-20T03:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T03:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2024-10-12T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T16:41:01","slug":"marcus-shares-how-face-to-face-has-supported-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/marcus-shares-how-face-to-face-has-supported-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus shares how Face to Face has supported him"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dear Friend of Face to Face,<\/p>

My name is\u00a0Marcus<\/span>* and I\u2019m one of many young people who receive support from Face to Face. I\u2019d like to tell you about how they have supported me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Right now, I\u2019m sleeping\u00a0in the hallway of an apartment building until I can find\u00a0a place to live. Someone told me that Face to Face helps young people who need help finding housing, so I went and checked out SafeZone day shelter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Youth like me getting a hot meal at SafeZone. Sometimes it\u2019s the only time we eat that day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I\u2019m glad I did because I was able to\u00a0shower, wash my clothes, and get three meals a day there. I also never imagined there could be a place full of people\u00a0who would be my cheerleaders and want to support me.<\/p>

After going to SafeZone for about a month, I met with an employment navigator and did a career assessment with them. This helped me realize I want to\u00a0get into the construction industry.\u00a0While I applied to\u00a0programs, they offered me a paid internship.\u00a0I was grateful to immediately start earning money and building my job skills.\u00a0<\/strong>They taught me many things\u00a0for the very first time and everyone was\u00a0very supportive and encouraging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The laundry and shower facilities are great for getting ready for work and job interviews.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After my internship, I started a\u00a0paid 12-week construction training program. I\u2019m about to graduate from the program and they will help me find a job too.<\/p>

It\u2019s hard to believe after just a few months of working with the staff at Face to Face, I\u2019m already achieving my goal of working in the construction industry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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These are some of my cheerleaders \u2013 I\u2019ve never had adults cheering for me before.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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But what\u2019s more important to me than achieving my own dreams is to be a positive influence on others. Every morning as kids from the apartment building head to school, I encourage them to stay in school and pursue their dreams.<\/p>

They remind me I\u2019ve got to keep going and show them it\u2019s possible to change your circumstances, no matter where you\u2019re starting from.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Thank you for supporting Face to Face and for making sure that the staff and programs are available to me and other young people.\u00a0<\/p>

Sincerely,\u00a0<\/p>

Marcus<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>
A Face to Face Youth<\/p>

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My name is Marcus* and I\u2019m one of many young people who receive support from Face to Face. I\u2019d like to tell you about how they have supported me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions\/2412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/face2face.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}