“I enjoy observing new things, and I like to learn stuff. I think my new skills will get me further ahead in the future and help me to take on new challenges."
"I recognized myself in the other people who were here. It was a different approach. I wasn't someone to be concerned about: I was looked at as a human being."
“Chef Mark is so cool… he got me a job, where I’ll be a cashier and handle money.”
“She cleans up everything in the house, enjoys washing clothes, sweeping floors — she likes to keep things nice and tidy.”
She battled bouts of depression and crying spells, but today she’s all smiles. Her SUS supervisors are often impressed by her unique love for cleaning.
He has a heart of gold and loves to be around people, even if he isn’t the one doing the talking.
"SUS has helped me deal my depression, drugs, homelessness and the bad side of my life and helped me get to the good side."
“It’s clean, safe and affordable so I decided that it would be the best option for me at this time. This is the perfect environment for me to go to school. It’s very supportive.”
Kerry is an Army Veteran who lives at our SUS’ Knickerbocker residence.for veterans.
He is a happy-go-lucky guy, who’s become much more outgoing and high functioning since joining the SUS program. On the day of this photo shoot, he had just come back from a Yankees game and was proud to let us know, “The Yanks won!”
