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NSP

A Year in Review

National Student PartnershipsNational Office800 Seventh Street NW Suite 300Washington,D.C.20001

SEPTEMBER 2001 –AUGUST 2002

NSP’s mission is to ensure that allAmericans have access to the services,opportunities, and attention they needin their pursuit of employment,self-sufficiency, and personal success.NSP’s vision is a national movement of students grounded in direct action andcommitted to strengthening the networksof community support for all Americans

IMPACT REPORT 2001-2002

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NSP

From the CEO and Co-Founder

his has been quite a year for NSP! I have been truly amazed and inspiredby the energy, enthusiasm and resourcefulness of our outstanding NSPteam, and I am delighted to be sharing the team’s accomplishmentsthrough the publication of this annual Impact Report.Since returning full-time to the National Office last fall, I have had the honorof seeing the diverse scope of NSP’s impact first-hand. I have seen clientscourageously articulate their dreams and then make those dreams come true.I have seen undecided students gain their focus and discover their calling afterexperiencing the fulfillment of helping others. I have seen board members, staff members and funders become personally inspired after interacting withdedicated and passionate student volunteers. And I myself have been humbledby the responsibility and ownership that so many have assumed on behalf of NSP, creating even more opportunities to improve our services, enhance ourcapacity, and widen our reach.Nationally, this year has been marked by the development of many criticalpartnerships with federal entities, including the U.S. Department of Labor,the AmeriCorps*VISTA program, and the USA Freedom Corps. I have beenoverwhelmed by the visionary leadership within each of these institutions, andI have great faith in the power of the public-private partnerships that we haveestablished.Beyond articulating the accomplishments of the past year, this Impact Report isintended to thank our many supporters. This year’s incredible successes wouldnot have been possible without your generosity, and I hope that you will see asignificant return on your investments in the following pages. I would also liketo extend special thanks to NSP’s wise and devoted Board of Directors, led bymy co-founder, Brian Kreiter.NSP’s momentum is gathering! With expansion into five more cities by Fall 2003,a record number of programmatic collaborations on the horizon, and a rapidlyapproaching fifth-year anniversary, we look forward to your continued support,dedication and friendship.With gratitude,Kirsten E. Lodal

Impact:

NSP

A Year in Review

After Greg completed his stay at the detention center, he began to make somepositive changes in his life, and dedicated himself to helping others do thesame. “That is why I joined NSP — to try to bring light into that black hole.Because I have been there, I can help people who feel like they have no chanceknow that they have all the chance in the world if they just have the resourcesto reach out and grab it.” Through NSP, Greg was even able to help someone from his neighborhood —a young man named Mike who had dropped out of the high school he andGreg had attended. Greg was a senior when Mike left school as a sophomore.And though they were working at the same local restaurant, they haddramatically different life outlooks. “Here I am in college feeling like I havemany opportunities,” says Greg, “and Mike was feeling like he doesn’t have ahope in the world of getting out from behind that fryer.” Greg suggested theGED, but Mike said he did not know where to start. After making a few calls toNSP contacts, Greg soon presented Mike with a list of numerous GEDpreparation and testing programs that were available. “You should have seenMike’s eyes when I showed him the list,” Greg says. “Suddenly Mike haddirection; suddenly the restaurant was no longer his career; suddenly hesomehow seemed to be worth more to himself and to society.”Greg’s commitment to helping Mike and others who have no hope comesdirectly from being able to relate to their situations. “His story is so important tome because his situation was so much like mine,” Greg says. “He just needed theopportunity to show his talents to someone; I think that we have given him thatopportunity.”

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NSP Volunteer

Greg Rice

NSP PITTSBURGH

reg Rice’s life as a student at the University of Pittsburgh appears to besimilar to many of his fellow NSP volunteers in Pittsburgh and aroundthe country. His academic success at the University of Pittsburghincludes making the Dean’s List each term, achieving a 3.9 grade point averagein his Finance major and a 3.7 overall, and being inducted into an honor society.Greg’s activities include being a member of the professional business fraternity,and serving on the Business Student Council. He is working his way throughschool as a waiter at a local restaurant and as a part-time financial advisor witha local investment firm. And thoughhis schedule could overload any PalmPilot’s memory chip, Greg hascommitted himself to giving back tohis community by volunteering fornumerous community-based agencies.As a volunteer with NSP-Pittsburgh,Greg helps disadvantaged Pittsburghresidents access the resources theyneed to find employment and tosucceed in their lives.Greg’s devotion to giving back to the community remains strong because hegrew up as a disadvantaged Pittsburgher. “I grew up in an under-privilegedneighborhood, where kids ran free with no discipline and where adults sataround and did nothing all day,” says Greg. “Over the years that neighborhoodhas had numerous drug busts and shootings. This atmosphere is almostdrowning — it creates a sort of black hole that will not let light in.” Greg admitsto having caught the wave of trouble that was so insidious to the youth of hisneighborhood, and was eventually arrested and sent to a juvenile detentioncenter. “The environment of nobody caring, of drugs, of hopelessness, of nosecond chances — this environment leaves too few choices and too fewlegitimate income options for people with poor educations,” says Greg. “It is ano win situation.”

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