I have been going to Second Chance for life skill classes for years now, dipping in and out when my life wasn’t going so well and when I needed a booster I would go back. The classes are always different and I learn something new (or get a reminder of something old) every time I come.

The SISTA meetings were the best. The talks we had in the class stick with me and I feel I can now deal with all that I go through. I can now stand up for myself and I don’t put myself down all the time either. I am so grateful to Second Chance and hope it will stand forever. To me it’s a place of goodness that has helped me out and gave me the skills and self-belief that now I can help myself out. I hope the feeling I have in me now will never change but I know that Miss April and the other ladies are there if I need a reminder of what the SISTA meetings taught me. Thank you, Second Chance!

Soon after Shirley took her last class with SCLO, she was offered an administrative job in the office at Selby Goodwill where she has developed people and computer skills.