07-27-2008, 08:46 PM
What my wife and I want to bring to Puna and Hawaii:
I have been working in the school system in Alaska for 29 years, coaching Jr. and Sr. high school football, basketball, wrestling, and track.
We have worked with Fairbanks Community and Mental Health for 12 years as Theraputic Family Specialist, helping to bring families back together.
I'm, for the past 3 years have been working as a Youth Counselor for Fairbanks Youth Facility. (Youth Correction Officers as Hawaii calls them)It will be nice to get a Youth Facility on all the islands so families can visit and support their children and the counselors that work with them. Being a part of their treatment can help lead a juvenile to become a sucessful adult.
My wife (sorry Damon no sharing [8D]) will bring a loving outlook on life and a great smile because she will be so happy to be out of Alaska's winters. Put your head in your frezzer and you will get a small taste of what its like here in the winters. Can you image -60 for two weeks? She is a loving, caring community serving lady.
When I took her to Hilo in Jan.07. After driving from the airport I remember saying that in 78 there wes nothing from here to here. Riding our bikes in the rain last night (always daytime in Alaska's summers) I told her this is how Puna will be, she smiled and said she was thinking the same thing!
We hope to bring to not take from!
Peace
I have been working in the school system in Alaska for 29 years, coaching Jr. and Sr. high school football, basketball, wrestling, and track.
We have worked with Fairbanks Community and Mental Health for 12 years as Theraputic Family Specialist, helping to bring families back together.
I'm, for the past 3 years have been working as a Youth Counselor for Fairbanks Youth Facility. (Youth Correction Officers as Hawaii calls them)It will be nice to get a Youth Facility on all the islands so families can visit and support their children and the counselors that work with them. Being a part of their treatment can help lead a juvenile to become a sucessful adult.
My wife (sorry Damon no sharing [8D]) will bring a loving outlook on life and a great smile because she will be so happy to be out of Alaska's winters. Put your head in your frezzer and you will get a small taste of what its like here in the winters. Can you image -60 for two weeks? She is a loving, caring community serving lady.
When I took her to Hilo in Jan.07. After driving from the airport I remember saying that in 78 there wes nothing from here to here. Riding our bikes in the rain last night (always daytime in Alaska's summers) I told her this is how Puna will be, she smiled and said she was thinking the same thing!
We hope to bring to not take from!
Peace