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Annual Report 2010-2011
Success Story Ms. Carolyn Hill, GED Graduate In 2004, while working at a homeless shelter washing clothes for the homeless and cleaning the grounds and building I knew that there had to be more for me in life. I wanted to do more. I wanted to be more effective in society and in my personal life. The only way that I would be able to do that would be to return to school to complete what I had not done years earlier. I resigned my position at the shelter and started my journey. 24 years earlier, at the age
of 17, I walked away from high school thinking that I did not need to finish school. Well, life happened and many troubles occurred along the way. Alcohol and drug addiction and a lot more would take place in my life. Finally, I started to look for a school to attend to study for my GED. While looking, I found Gulf Coast Community Services Association and the rest is history. I was able to get an appointment with GCCSA and told them what I wanted to do, how I wanted finally finish high school. The staff enrolled me in the classes and the process started. At the time of enrollment I was only on a fifth grade level. I worked hard and eventually moved up in my grade level. I studied over seven years and tested over twenty times before getting that long awaited GED. In July 2011, I would test for the last time. That same month I received my GED. My goal is to continue on to collage some day to become a counselor to help others that may struggle with some of the same problems that I once faced in my life.