A Week in Watts Page #11

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Report card day is one example of

the many ways Operation Progress' mentors

are involved in our students' lives.

Thank you.

Theresa Gartland, Operation Progress.

You killed it.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, Derek.

- Good job.

Thank you. I wanna get a picture of you.

The biggest lesson I've learned

from working here for 13 years

is that the number one thing

these kids need is validation.

That's all they need, is somebody

to tell them and look them in the eye

and say, "I'm proud of you. "

Because they don't get that at home.

I hope to always maintain my true self,

to be humble

and always give back to my community

and do service,

because helping others

also helps me inside.

I hope to still continue on

with missionary work,

because I feel like I've been blessed with

so much that I should help others as well.

I'd like to stay here

just because I grew up here.

I want to leave during college,

but I want to come back.

I want to come back

to be in a program like OP

so I can help other kids

and I could teach them that

living in a place like in Watts can't stop

you from looking up to your dreams.

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