帮助孩子们找到自己的位置

虽然巴里·多伊一直知道他想和孩子们一起工作，但他在锡达拉皮兹工作时找到了目标。

皇冠体育: You’ve worked at Four Oaks, Jane Boyd Community House, and Mount Mercy’s JumpStart program—how have these experiences brought you closer to the community?

双相障碍: 当我开始在Jane Boyd工作时，那里的很多孩子让我想起了我家乡的弟弟或侄子侄女，还有一些孩子让我想起了我年轻时的自己。 有了它和JumpStart，我知道很多孩子正在经历或正在经历什么。 They’re a lot like me when I was growing up.

皇冠体育：参与JumpStart有什么收获？

双相障碍: 通过JumpStart，你会遇到很多家长、演讲者和孩子。 It’s a warm feeling seeing people in the community, but now that you know them they see that you’re a good person. JumpStart还提高了我的社交技能。 I learned that once the initial communication is done, don’t stop there. 检查别人。 我接触过的很多家长在我毕业后都给了我工作机会，这是我在加入JumpStart之前从未想过的。

皇冠体育：什么经历对你影响最大？

双相障碍: 整个夏天我们都在简·博伊德和孩子们在一起。 For a lot of them, that’s the highlight of their day, and they go home to nothing. I really had to up my activity level and really talk to the kids—because it’s all they have.

皇冠体育：你认为自己10年后会在哪里？

双相障碍: I see myself being kind of what Jason Pershing ’04, JumpStart program director and assistant athletic director, is right now. He balances a lot of jobs, but he’s a big part of whatever committee he’s involved in. I feel like whatever job I have, I’ll enjoy that job, but my most important goal is to be a figure in the community and look out for kids. 在JumpStart之前，我从未想过要留在锡达拉皮兹。 I felt like there was nothing here for me, but there’s actually a lot of opportunities. 所以，现在有可能留在锡达拉皮兹。