Skills of Life

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| Ben Murari

Students watching the LifeSkills presentation.

- Benjamin Maruri, Contributor

Every Thursday during both lunches in the Freshman Area Commons (FRAC), Bridges hosts a series of LifeSkills meetings aimed at educating students on a variety of skills to help them keep their lives organized. These skills include: budgeting, healthy relationships, time management, healthy sleep, ect. You get free food in exchange for attending these meetings.The goal of the Bridges program is to assist students by removing barriers to graduation, which includes help with food, clothing, shelter, and medical needs. The students also receive counseling in life skills and have advocates to help them graduate. There is currently no other program in the area duplicating these services, and because Bridges students are not in the juvenile justice or child welfare systems, without our help they would fall through the cracks (bridgesnorman.org)

Students sign up for LifeSkills meetings in the morning. The meetings were well attended by the student body. (| Ben Maruri)
Stacy Bruce setting up Slim Chicken’s and water bottles for the “working-lunch” meeting. (| Ben Murari)