ANDY: NEW THIS MORNING.
STUDENTS THAT ARE REALLY
SPECIAL, THEY ARE STARS,
THAT'S
THE NAME OF A PROGRAM OFFERED AT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.
HERE TO TALK MORE
ABOUT STARS IS
MANDY AND SHANNON MATHIS AND
JESSE ROSEN.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR
COMING IN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JESSE, WE WILL START WITH
YOU, TELL
US THE COMMUNITY
CENTER'S ROLE IN THIS.
>> SO WE PARTNER THE BUILD
A HEALTHIER MILWAUKEE AND
DO
THAT BY REACHING OUT TO THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A CENTER
FOR SPECIAL
NEEDS AND INCLUSION.
WE FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL NEEDS
COMMUNITY.
AN UNDERSERVED POPULATION.
OUR ABILITY TO BRING IN KIDS
FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY AND
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO BE PART OF A
COMMUNITY LIKE OURS.
>> ABSOLUTELY, SHANNON, YOU KNOW
THIS FIRST
HAND.
>> YES.
>> YOUR ROLE WITH MANDY, I MEAN,
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MANDY
TO
REALLY SHINE.
TELL US WHAT THE MEANS TO BE
PART OF THIS.
>> WE WERE SEARCHING FOR SO LONG
TO
FIND SOME PLACE THAT WOULD
MEET MANDY'S NEEDS AND GIVE HER
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT HER
SISTERS COULD DO WITHOUT, YOU
KNOW, ALWAYS THERE.
SO WE FOUND JODY AT
JCC.
HE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US
AND TOLD US ABOUT THE GREAT
STARS PROGRAM.
WE SIGNED
UP FOR EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR
YEARS.
MANDY, DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM
WHAT YOU DO THERE?
>> SO I DID ART THERAPY AND --
>> YOU DO YOGA AS WELL.
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT
I DO YOGA.
AND -- DARTS.
>> ARTS.
>> AND MUSIC.
>> MUSIC THERAPY.
>> AND YOU LOVE GOING THERE,
DON'T YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S YOUR PLACE, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S HER PLACE TO BE
WHERE HER
SISTERS CAN DO OTHER THINGS,
THIS IS WHERE SHE GETS TO
COME.
>> SHANNON TO SEE YOUR DAUGHTER
THRIVING LIKE THIS AND PUTTING
ART TOGETHER AND YOGA POSES,
WHAT
DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
>> SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT SHE
COULD DO.
SHE
DOES IT ALL INDEPENDENTLY
NOW.
SHE USED TO HAVE A THERAPY AIDE
WITH HER, OR MAYBE
BIG SISTERS
WOULD COME ALONG, OR I MIGHT
HAVE HAD TO STAND IN.
NOW, WE GO, SHE IS LIKE BUY
MOM.
I SEE HER 45 MINUTES LATER, AN
HOUR LATER AND
SHE SHOWS ME
EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE.
THE BEST FEELING.
>> FANTASTIC.
JESSE TO
SEE THE IMPACT THAT
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER HAS,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
>> MANDSY THE
PERFECT EXAMPLE
WHILE WE DO WHAT WE DO.
THE WATCH THE PROGRESSION OVER
THE YEARS TO BE BECOME A LEADER
IN THE PROGRAM.
THE FIRST RUN TO RUNOVER AND
WELCOME NEW KIDS
AND HAS BEEN
ABLE TO GROW AND HAVE A SIMILAR
EXPERIENCE THAT A MAINSTREAM
KID
WOULD HAVE IN OUR OTHER
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