update on article 1

Well, so far, there isn’t much to tell. I looked up the teen center and found that they claim to get quite a few kids coming in each year, that they’re underfunded because their budget has been frozen for the last few years, and that they provide some services in addition to their activities and programs, free of cost… I know what they say; I’ve seen their “Brochure” so to speak, but what I’m wondering is what the reality is. After all, those “35000” kids that come through might include repeats… or not. How can I tell if I never go to see how they keep records? Also, $3,500 is almost as much as their yearly budget. What do they intend to do with this temporary windfall of a double funding? Will they invest it, or, instead, will they create something that they can’t sustain? Just talking to a representative doesn’t seem to be the way to go for me. If I want to see the real deal with this place, as I intend to, I should go around the talk and what they say and see it for myself. After all, that’s our job, isn’t it? To check our facts and sources to see if they match up with reality. I may go, I may not, but in any case, I think this warrants a closer look. And, when I have accomplished my goal, I hope to shed some light on this “Teen center” I never realized they had.