An Angel at the SOS Center

Just after sharing the last story about SOS Center, I received yet another testimonial from Jodi. I’ve written over and over about the power of telling your story in a compelling manner, and shared many of my clients’ successes.   I was was so pleased with her testimonial, I just had to share this email  These are her exact words, and her testimonial speaks about the power of this new mindset.  

Hello Everyone ~

Just wanted to share a story of an angel at the SOS Center.  I met with a member of Faith Lutheran in Germantown yesterday.  She had volunteered at Faith to organize an activity between them and us to get some volunteers to the Center.  She lives in Milwaukee and has been an educator for over 20 years, most of them in MPS.  She is currently on the MPS Response to Intervention Service and Support Team.  We spent most of the hour and a half talking about her experiences in MPS and she reaffirmed that what we are doing at the Center is a huge support to MPS schools and students. 

At the end of our tour she happened to leave at the same time as the repairman. (The furnace in the upstairs back was at 43 degrees on Wednesday morning).  She had heard my conversation with him that it wasn't major and he fixed it right away.  She stopped him at his van and paid our bill!  It is not even so much the $90.82 she saved us, but the fact that she thinks enough of the SOS Center and what we are doing here to do that for us!!  I called her a few minutes later to thank her immediately.

This is exactly what alinea is talking about!!  We've learned to tell our story in a more compelling manner and I learned about her and her interests first and I never asked her for anything!  She is going to organize a day to get a group from Faith here to volunteer, and use her contacts to try and get us some After School tutors through MPS!

This is a wonderful testament to all of us and the work we are doing at the Center.  We are so blessed!  Thank you all for continuing to work and support the SOS Center, it is worth it!

Peace and Grace,   

Jodi Kessel Lyon
Executive Director
SOS Center, Inc.