Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
What happens after Pathway?
What happens after Pathway is of course different for everyone, but I did have a chance to spend the day with one of our graduates last month.
As part of an upcoming scholarship fundraising campaign, we are working with a company out of Dallas called Pursuant to film a series of short videos about Pathway. Laurie and I drove down to Oceanside to spend the day with Heidi Sand and her family while the guys from Pursuant shot the video.
Watching a video being shot is an odd experience - a lot of repetition, setting up lights, takes and re-takes etc. We started the day with Jacque, Heidi's mom and biggest booster, in her new home. Between all the set up and re-takes we had a lot of time to chat. What has always impressed me about Heidi and her family, is that they have always had high expectations for what Heidi's life would be like after Pathway. What that leads to, and this is not rocket science, is folks usually get what they expect out of life. Heidi and her family had a clear idea of what she wanted. In practical terms, while Heidi was in Pathway, she was motivated - she was the first student to take on an internship and she has had the longest tenure in an internship for any Pathway student to date, she took on leadership roles, and kept her eye on the prize.
After wrapping up with Jacque we visited with Heidi in her new apartment - a nice one bedroom place in a well-kept complex right next to the tennis courts. We were joined there by Theresa Nacario who runs PALS, the agency that is providing Heidi with periodic support.
We wrapped up the day at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, where Heidi is a service representative, assisting folks with services for their loved ones. While you might think that this is a grim job, but it is a great fit for Heidi and her excellent people skills, and her co-workers love her.
At the end of the day as I was giving Heidi a lift home, I said to here - "You really have got a great life here" her response was a typical Heidi, "I know."
As part of an upcoming scholarship fundraising campaign, we are working with a company out of Dallas called Pursuant to film a series of short videos about Pathway. Laurie and I drove down to Oceanside to spend the day with Heidi Sand and her family while the guys from Pursuant shot the video.
Watching a video being shot is an odd experience - a lot of repetition, setting up lights, takes and re-takes etc. We started the day with Jacque, Heidi's mom and biggest booster, in her new home. Between all the set up and re-takes we had a lot of time to chat. What has always impressed me about Heidi and her family, is that they have always had high expectations for what Heidi's life would be like after Pathway. What that leads to, and this is not rocket science, is folks usually get what they expect out of life. Heidi and her family had a clear idea of what she wanted. In practical terms, while Heidi was in Pathway, she was motivated - she was the first student to take on an internship and she has had the longest tenure in an internship for any Pathway student to date, she took on leadership roles, and kept her eye on the prize.
After wrapping up with Jacque we visited with Heidi in her new apartment - a nice one bedroom place in a well-kept complex right next to the tennis courts. We were joined there by Theresa Nacario who runs PALS, the agency that is providing Heidi with periodic support.
We wrapped up the day at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, where Heidi is a service representative, assisting folks with services for their loved ones. While you might think that this is a grim job, but it is a great fit for Heidi and her excellent people skills, and her co-workers love her.
At the end of the day as I was giving Heidi a lift home, I said to here - "You really have got a great life here" her response was a typical Heidi, "I know."
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