Successes

Modeling What’s Possible

When 26-year-old Christine Banks was selected to the inaugural class of Pawsperity in 2016, she was a quiet, but strong, single mother seeking a better job—and a better future—for her two children. Her son was just taking his first steps at the time, and her daughter was about to lose her first tooth.

“I was trying to go somewhere in my life, but I had a baby, and then things just happen,” Christine said.

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“The Pawsperity staff saw things in me I didn’t see in myself. I’m very proud that I’m able to pay bills and not stress about it. I can even pay for things like ballet lessons.”

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The Power of Belief: How Pawsperity and Community Partners Helped Karla Rewrite Her Story Successes
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The Power of Belief: How Pawsperity and Community Partners Helped Karla Rewrite Her Story

"I’m not the same person I was two years ago,” Karla shares. Four years into her drug addiction, in 2010, she lost custody of her children. This devastating blow sent her spiraling deeper, and eventually, she became homeless. In 2014 after her first arrest, she spent five years in and…
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