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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.A. Communication from Project Impact Clients~. ~ . To Whom It May Concern. I Marvell Spears am in Project Impact program here in South Bend IN. The program has really changed my life and it really made a mindset change as well. I'm an ex-feline and the program has giving me hope that that I could still have a positive life. Changing the way that you review life is good when you have a good teacher Pastor Hardie Blake. This program is very good for people that don't which way to go in life. It has life skills training program that really gets in depth and to the source. The staff at Project Impact really makes life meaningful in being a better person in life. I have left down with life because my last job paid me $17.62 /hour and I got laid off. I haven't work since June of 08". I was at dead in and then I heard about Project Impact Program. It has really opened my life again heart, mind and spirit about the goodness of life Indiana need more programs like Project Impact on Moss RD and Ardmore Trail. It made me to seek first to understand and then to be understood that in my program today this day I will give my life to the Lord on this day 5-14-09. Life is too short to let it pass you by. God loves us because he gave his only son to die for our sins. It is time for me to show myself a God that I love him as well. Please keep this program going on it will help lots of other people that need it as I did. I have never won anything but Project Impact help me to win the Best Employee of the Month award at my job the Century Center thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the program. Thank, You Marvell, Spears May 15, 2009 What Project Impact Has Done for Me.? The job readiness class has thought me to take a deeper look at my attitude and behavior. The 7 habits have been very helpful to me not only with my attitude at work but also dealing with my fellow man. It has also taught me to recognize when I running on the deeds of the flesh and not the fruits of the spirit. The class has also helped me to work with others with in a positive and productive way. Pastor Blake has been very helpful in keeping me focused on doing the right things. He truly is helping me transform my old way of living. I am developing a new attitude. I now think before I react in to situations. I still make mistakes but not as many as in my past I believe this program could help many people. Sincerely, Ken, Rayner flay 18, 2009 What Project Impact means to me. Project Impact has been a large influence to me. It has given me structure in my life. I have been taught several new ideas I have a new outlook on life. When we learned the Deeds of the Flesh my eyes were opened to see my error in thinking. I have been given tools to help take time from quadrant 4 of my life and move ahead. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people have help me to rethink things. Now I look at struggles in my life and evaluate them with those concepts. The faith I have gotten from this program has encouraged me to back to school and get a college degree. I can see were Project Impact is going to grow and be a large program, and a lot of people in the future will prosper. I am proud to be a part of project Impact from the beginning. I hope to grow as a person along with Project Impact as it grows. The community can prosper because of Project Impact. Pastor Blake has worked to hard to fail in his faith in the program. I believe that pastor Blake will succeed I his work. I have been given faith that I will succeed in my short term goals. My long term goals will happen one step at a time. Keith, Humes May 13, 2009 To The Redevelopment Commission: First I would like to say good morning. My name is Wallace Williams I'm a student of Project Impact Job Readiness Program. I am writing you to you about this wonderful program. Project Impact is a program for people or at risk that have fallen through the cracks and are now trying to pick them self's up but are finding it difficult because of their barriers in there way. With no hope they'll find themselves back in the same position they were in before. That's were Project Impact Job Readiness Program come into play. They now have a program like no other that not only talk the talk but walk the ~C ~~~ walk. When I first came to Project Impact I was looking for a job but I received more than a y ~ ~ job. I'm sure you the fish story give a man a fish he'll eat for a day teach a man to fish he'll ~ eat for an life time. Well that's exactly what Project Impact is doing training there students to become B.E.E.T.s (Best Employee Ever Trained). Had they given me a job when I first came through their doors I would just have been another employee and seeing that they are people at risk to complete a job. We have to become better and compete at a higher level than the next applicant. Project Impact has given us the tools were we can compete with others. My main reason for writing this is to make sure this needed program stay in our community and not sweep it under the table because it would be detrimental to the hope of those that need it for a second chance in society to prove that they can be productive citizen as well as those with risk. But most importantly to make these people productive people in our community. I know just like any other (community) city, county, state, township act... That we are in an economic crisis of budget restraints of what projects to fund eliminate or reduce. Well I know we need grant money to build and fix up our community. But by building any thing in life you have to start with the foundation. Which the foundation is our people in the community none because without jobs and skills to get jobs and a chance to show they can be productive and do the jobs and a chance to show that they can be productive and do the job. These people that were not investing in will remain in our community tears down the community we have invested in. Know too many times we invest money in projects and don't know where it's going or how it is spent and that is bad management. So I'm not just asking you to keep to keep investing and not seeing the fruits. I'm asking you to see our community dollars at work. See the progress in people you thought would never be worth investing in. I believe when you see our community with people building families, buying homes, crime rates going down and the money we were going to spend building our community coming naturally from productive citizen. The commissioner and the community will say money well spent. Know I've just told you about what Project Impact does and stand for. Know let me tell you what it's done for me personally. It' has transformed the way I feel and think. It's changed my bad habits and behavior to good ones. It has stretched my thinking further than shallow thoughts I used to have. I've always had great ideals to be successful. But what I got from Project Impact was the motivation and desire that I was lacking. I know now how to set goals and give them a time table. I know now that if you don't change things they will remain the same. And also to keep focused. There are two major components I have learned in Project Impact one being the 7 Habits of Highly Defective People. I won't get into all of them but my favorite is sought first to understand them to be under stood probably because that one was a part of me already. But the other I was using the major one was the four Quadrants 1-Urgent and Important. 2 -Not urgent but important. 3-Urgent but not important. 4- Not urgent and not important. Know you may say that some of these things are common since and people should know. But a lot of these things are not taught you can go years without knowing how to put them into perspective. Well thank you for taking the time to let me tell you about the success of Project Impact and what it's done for me. May God bless you to continue blessing this program (Project Impact?) Sincerely, Wallace L. Williams What 1 Feel Project Impact Has Done For Me The day I found out about Project Impact my heart was filled with praise and hope, it was as if God had sent the answer to a much needed prayer. The newspaper article in which I read from about Project Impact stated; that there was help for people with issues in their lives just like me! Being an ex-gang member and ex-felon became an obstacle in my life. My life has been full of trials and tribulations, not only for myself, but for my family and loved ones as well. To make a long story short, I took the wrong path in life. Being a runaway at 12 years old, and having no supervision from an adult I made a lot of bad choices. Not having any money, I began to steal, lie, and cheat just to eat and have money. Then I began to use drugs to absorb the pains of life. This vicious cycle I kept up for years, doing the same thing expecting different results. When I came to my senses, I had been convicted of the crimes I had committed during this cycle and was on my way to prison, where 1 spent time! Being released in 2000, I have changed my life. Leaving the past behind, I was determined to be the best that I could be. Landing a job and everything going well, I decided to try to move up the corporate ladder. This caused the company to run a background check; I had been working for 10 months with no problems, no tardiness or absences, but nothing mattered when the results from the background check came back, l was dismissed! This made me realize that my past was still a part of my live, and had placed barriers that I didn't know how to penetrate until I got involved with Project Impact. I've learned a lot more about myself through Dr. Monroe's "Beautiful Mind Classes", I've also started at Vincennes University studying C & C, and I've began to set goals in life for myself. Before Project Impact I felt limited in life, now my outlook is on life has changed and I accept life, on life's terms. I no longer feel that I'm less than the next person, the insight and training I've received has better prepared me to become a better person and a B.E.E.T (Best Employee Ever Trained). Thank You Project Impact Belinda Johnson Project Impact "What a Blessing" Project Impact has had a very positive effect on my life; it has given me a vision and has helped me to start to fulfill my dreams. At one time in my life I was very discouraged due to my negative background, I knew that the odds were against me in society. Never losing faith, I entered into the Job Readiness Training program at Project Impact. Going through the Job Readiness Training program and learning the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and applying them to my life, I had a paradigm shift. This allowed me to see the world from a different view, my hope has increased and I'm very inspired about my future. My spiritual inspiration has heightened, I'm encouraged knowing that I have become a B.E.E.T (the best employee ever trained) and have learned lots of skills I didn't have before. Project Impact is a phenomenal program that should be offered all around the United States because it is much needed for many people especially those re-entering society, it a great guide to success. Thanks Project Impact you're great and highly recommended to all who are challenged and are trying to overcome! Respectfully, Jane May 15, 2009 My name is Tony Harper I'm 40 years old I am a father of 4 and trying really hard to turn my best friend into my life as my wife. One day Mr. Blake spoke about hopelessness and hoe us at times we allow it to consume us. Well that's how I felt before the program I was homeless trying to do what ever I could do from day to day to live. I knew I didn't want to go back to prison but my options were low on how I would feed my girls (Tanya, Nisha ,Gabby and Kayla) my confidence was very low, my personal life was in shambles. But to my surprise the more I started to go threw the program my eyes started to open my self worth started to climb I stated to understand what I needed to do get rid of my anger to be a better man a better father, better person. I'm being program to be a B.E.E.T (best employee ever trained). Being a beet I place God first, teaches us 7 habits that when applied success is yours. Now I'm ready not just for a career I'm ready thanks to the Blokes and the staff at Project Impact has me ready for life. We are family some members may be dysfunctional but the sum of the hole is so much greater than its parts, I love my family, I love Project Impact thank you all P.S Love You Mr. & Mrs. Blake Page 1 of 1 Don Inks -Project Impact South Bend From: Roy Watt To: >>>,,,,, Date: 2/22/2010 1:22 PM Subject: Project Impact South Bend Please read on how Project Impact has helped me. Thank You Roy Watt .~ l f~' , (,,~ /G' ~-~I a S n a ~ ~ ! / C% -' a~~4. c~"l C ~ ~c~ `~ !~1 , I C'-r--/t o~ , l ~/a ~~i o file://C:ADocuments and Settings\dinks\Local Settings\Temn\XP~rnwise\4B828522SOUT May 15, 2009 To Whom It May Concern: I was an ex-feline without hope until I was accepted into the Project Impact program. Since entering the program I have learned the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and have begun to apply it to my life. Now I have a new out look on life. Before Project Impact because of my felony conviction I thought all was lost. But Project Impact has taught me to respect myself as well as others and to believe in my self again. I know now I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. I have put the past in the behind me and begin to move forward. Thanks to Project Impact I have Faith, confidence, and hope. My life has taken a turn for the better. Respectfully, Yours Moses, Smith May 15, 2009 Deon Peters Project Impact has helped me think about my future and about my habits and thinking. Project Impact has showed me how to make better decisions in life and giving me a different route to take other than violence. Project Impact has given me tools to for the work environment and dealing with different people in stressful situation. Project Impact has given me the strength to know that I can be a B.E.E.T and maintain employment because I'm the best Employee ever trained thanks to Project Impact. So please help us continue to utilize Project Impact it change LIVES. To whom it may concern: I am writing this letter in regards to a very constructive as well as inspiring self help program that your office has helped to make possible. The graciousness of your support in this remarkable program has made me very proud and honored to be able to take part in Project Impact Job Readiness Training program. This program is headed by the remarkable Pastor Hardie Blake. The uniqueness of this program has enabled many of us to take a personal inventory of ourselves and of our lives to be transformed in a positive way step by step. I surmise that writing this letter is my way extending my gratitude for your good will and show of support for this direly needed transformational program. Mr. and Mrs. Hardie Blake and their dream team staff have formulated the most effective self help program ever imagined or dreamed of. Please continue showing your support for this unmistakable improvement to our society and we will in turn increase our commitment level as needed as well. Abundant thanks to you all! Respectfully Yours, Richard Davis May 26, 2009 To Whom It May Concern: I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, I've blown a lot of chances, burned a lot of bridges. I thank God for Project Impact; they have given me a new outlook on my life. I now know why I think like I do, somehow knowing why, you do the things you do. Project Impact gives options and with that I can make better decisions. Thank you for your support! Grateful, Clyde McCoy Jr.