my name is jacqueline phillips. i'm a member of the bay view hunters point community. we had two summer youth programs going this summer, one for the ninth graders, and one for the young adults, 18-25. both programs were a great success. we had a picnic just past weekend, and we allowed the participants to speak, to give their thoughts on the program. it was very heartwarming to hear the younger people speak, how it made a major difference to them to get extra help and to be able to pass courses. what was very impressive was the 18-25 group also. we had a young man stand and say how the person he worked with, the employer he worked with, had "certain things to him that he remembered. he applied them to his life. he said he would never forget these quotes. he was a 25-year-old. being in this program and being able to work for wages made a lot of difference to him to the point that when these young people spoke, it made all the difference that these programs were a success, not just on paper, but you could actually see and feel they were feeling. my understanding is ther