Client Stories
To help explain the impact some of our programs have had on the participants, please take a moment to view each of the following client stories for our core programs. See how WORC has helped to change lives!
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Participant Quotes
"The Start Smart Training Program taught me everything I needed to
know about business but was to afraid to ask...from marketing my business,
to putting my business plan together, to understanding accounting, legal and
insurance issues, I finally began to see myself as a real business, and it
made me into a business owner and manager..."
Deborah Ramsey
Start Smart
Graduate and EOF Loan Client
Owner/Manager, One Touch Body & Spa
www.onetouchspa.com
"Without the guidance and access to capital I received at WORC,
Beautiful Beginning wouldn't be an essential part of its neighborhood."
Lalita Paris, EOF Loan Client
Founder, Beautiful Beginnings Childcare
Center
"With the help of WORC's Self-Employment training and an EOF loan, I
was able to purchase new equipment and expand from a home-based business to
a retail location in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood..."
Lisa Bishop,
Start Smart Graduate and EOF Loan Client
Owner, Voice of Victory
Publishing, Inc.
"My business is helping children and families become successful.
WORC and the EOF Loan Program are what helped me to become a successful
entrepreneur!"
Shasia Willis
Owner, Pieces of the Puzzle Learning Center
"The Savings Program helped me to save and better manage my money as
well as give me the management skills to better organize my personal,
professional and educational life."
Dana Jackson, FSA Program Graduate
"I knew I needed to buy a home when I sat down one day and added up
all I'd spent in rent over the last 10 years. I am grateful for the
opportunity to build my assets and for the knowledge I gained from the
classes that will continue to positively impact my life and the lives of my
children."
Samantha Blythe
FSA/HSS Program Graduate
"Be committed; keep your mind on your goal. If things pop up that
you weren't aware of, don't allow them to interfere with the end result."
Katrina Smith
FSA/HSS Program Graduate
"In business, you must keep things in proper perspective. Your
motivation has to be more than money. My husband's and my motivation is
helping people; I enjoy making people look beautiful as well as providing
jobs. Having your heart in the right place, being focused, and persevering
gives you the endurance to succeed in business."
Linda Leggett, Start
Smart Graduate and EOF Loan Client
Owner of Simply Beautiful Hair Salon
"Every human being is born with the potential of greatness!"
Helen Hopkinson, Start Smart Graduate
Owner of Main Line Eldercare
"Farm Fresh Express is one piece in an international puzzle of
adventurous entrepreneurs who are hoping to show that capitalism and
ecological sustainability are not mutually exclusive goals."
Mary Ann
Flaherty Ford, Start Smart Program Graduate
Owner of Farm Fresh Express
with Partner Pam Nelson
"What I love best about small business ownership are the
relationships I build and the servies that I can offer people."
Lisa
Bishop, Start Smart Graduate and EOF Loan Client
Owner, Voice of Victory
Publishing, Inc.
"To achieve your goals, you need to have determination. You need to
be a finisher."
Yousif Ali
Savings Program Graduate