TEASTIMONIALS

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I use to be embarrassed because both of my parents were alcoholics; my house was small and run down; we had a shortage of food, and my clothes were hand me downs, never new.  I would watch television and flip though magazines and notice these attractive girls who seemed to have it all.  I wished I was someone else, had different parents and a whole new life.  Looking back, I am thankful for the troubles I was given.  We cannot change what we were born into,  but I do hold the power to change the customary routine of my own life.  I've learned what matters most is the genuine person I am inside. I conduct myself in what I believe in and the morals I stand for.  Inventory yourself until you find and truly understand who you are.

This lady has been out of prison almost 3 years and works with a non-profit that helps homeless people in the community.  

One participant said that the program was her "Pot-of-Gold" at the end of a rainbow.  She said that all she had to do was walk though the door.  It did not happen overnight; it took 6 weeks.  Six classes that unburied what was inside all along and gave her permission to think, a reason to hope, a chance to dream.  The first night she says that she was hot, tired, hungry and angry, but the class made a dent in her armor.  The second class cracked it, and she started to think.  By the third class she shared that she dared to dream.  Some days she said that she would get so excited about the prospect of "becoming" that she could hardly contain it.  She was a heroin addict, in prison for the third time. This class was helping her replace that addict with an intelligent women who was making plans for her future.

She has been out 3 years and continues to live by the  principles of the program conducted by Gina's Team in her happy, clean life.