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else they want me to do. ”
(The job opportunity came through the Community Services Center’s supported employment program. After giving him a trial, Fergie’s now covers Kenny’s entire pay check, noted Goldsborough House supervisor Kristi Johnson. “Not many businesses will take a retarded person, even on a trial basis. „ The people at Fergie’s have been real good to Kenny and real good for us to work with. We could do with more employers like them. ”)
With a job and the living skills ' he’s learned at Goldsborough House, Kenny is moving soon to an apartment of his own. He faces the change with confidence. “They said I’m ready. All they need to do is find me a place. I’ll really miss the enjoy- , ment of having my counselors and * housemates here as friends. But I g feel ready as anything!”
“It’s what we all want,” he continued. “Young kids want to get away from their mothers, their fathere, their sisters, and their broth- f ere. They want to live on their own, *;i be independent, as they say. That’s what I’ve been trying to do for a long time.”
Would he have been successful without Goldsborough House?
“No!” Kenny answered, pressing hii lips together tightly and shaking v his head vigorously in denial. “No. Not ever. I couldn’t have dtine it by S. mjrself.”
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