Claudia Rodriquez,

For Quite sometime I have been coming to Aldine Y.O.U.T.H.. They have always treated me with kindness as far as the questions and concerns that I have.

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. is important to our community because of the situation with the economy. They are sensitive to our needs. At times we are not financially able to have the bare necessities for our family. It feels great to know that when this happens Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. is there to help.

Olgao Morales,

We are always welcomed at Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. with open arms. They are genuinly concerned about the welfare of everyone in the community. They help our community very much. They also inspire me as a mom to continue moving forward, regardless of the obstacles in front of me. For this I am very thankful.

Theodore Smith,

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. is a blessing to me. I started out as a community service worker, and i felt like i was part of the family. When I realized my hours were coming to a end, I didn't want to leave. So, after a couple of days went by, and I asked if i could work here. Now, I'm here as a Youth Program Assistant. Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. has really been a inspiration in my life. The outstanding efforts we do, makes me feel apart of something. I love waking up coming to this place everyday, just being around wonderful, and loving people lets me know there is a GOD. And for the opportunities Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. has giving me, i'm very blessed and thankful!

Maryela Lopez,

When I first heard about the Aldine YOUTH center I was about 16 years of age, and it was to be involved with the after school School of Business. My only thoughts were I just wanted to do it for the money, but there was just something about the youth center that just had drawn me closer to it. Around the time of doing the School of Business, the youth center had so many events and activities going on. I liked being busy so i decided to go ahead and help out with anything that they had open to do. As i started to help out and do School of Business, most of my time was at the youth center, wether it was after school, on weekends, or during the summer. I made a great bonding with everyone who worked and volunteered here at the Aldine YOUTH center, and I just knew that my relationship with these great people would not fall apart. A few years later I had decided to stop by the youth center just to visit and Ms. Shawna and I started to talk about the "old days" when I use to come to the youth center, I told her i was looking for a job and she had told me she would look around and let me know if she found anything for me, so we left it at that. Well, a few weeks later she called me up offereing me a summer job at the youth center for their summer program. Of course with no question, I said yes. So here is my testimony, I am now an official employee at the Aldine YOUTH center, and still enjoy it as much as i did when i had started about 4 years ago.