It makes you tear up a bit just to see that the kids can do something for you. There's one resident who knew that I did not have breakfast, lunch or dinner yesterday. At 10 at night, she was shoving crackers in my pocket telling me to keep my strength up as we were walking through here. I made her take them back, but they try and give back as well too.

Jeff Walker

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Our players and staff learn more than the kids do.

— Jeff Walker

Sometimes, I know as coaches we've been frustrated over the last couple years. But the kids have kept working hard and made progress. The program's growing. We're proud of the results. Not satisfied, hopefully we'll do better next year. But I'm pleased with the progress we've made the last couple years.

Our kids have to deal with the neighborhood thing - Westside and all. We had our turn last year.

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It's been awful on the kids. It's like a trauma. So, I thought as long as I could stabilize her life and get her thinking about other things besides losing her home, losing her apartment.

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