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All
That Leg Work Pays Off
--This
is where the rubber meets the road. Here is where your investment
in lives pays dividends. Right in a shopping mall. We never
hand out a check. We shop with our client and select items
at the best value.
What a joy it is to see smiles of thanks-giving shine like
morning stars each time we put something essential into
the hands of someone in desperate need. It is worth every
mile spent searching for places in strange corners of the
city. It is worth every step we take pacing endless isles
of tools, looking for the right wire cutter. We can not
put a price on that smile of gratitude.
--The smiles are genuine. The
appreciation is deep. They select what is needed. We purchase
the item and place it their hands. It is simply the most
satisfying moment in all our labor of love. We know a way
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SCS
Executive Director Bill Dalton, left, shops with client Roy
for basic tools to get him back to work. What a joy
to provide Roy with essentials needed to start working.
SCS can help because our partners care. |
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Larry
Finds the Missing Piece
--Larry
was lost. He had wandered the streets in a crack induced
daze. Crack consumed his life. It nearly destroyed his
will to live. That is until someone brought him to the
Broward Outreach Center in Hollywood. There is where
he rediscovered his will to live and his faith in God.
--Larry focused on completing
the recovery program at BOC. One by one the pieces to
his life came together. He could almost see his dream
job: a nurse assistant. A local hospital offered him
a job. But there was a missing piece to the puzzle.
He had to have the right equipment: uniform and nursing
items.
--Second Chance Society
was his only resource. No one else could help. His case
manager and his new employer could only cheer for Larry
from the side. But SCS was able to put the final piece
to Larry’s puzzled life into place.
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--His face was full of tearful
gratitude as SCS purchased his nursing scrubs, blood pressure
cuff and stethoscope and placed them in his hands. Now he
could begin his new life with the proper items. Soon after,
we found Larry walking into the BOC dressed in his new uniform,
stethoscope proudly dangling around his neck. “Thank
you so much!” he exclaimed. “Thanks for making
a difference in my new life.”
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