Special Thanks

The Final Challenge required the help of many, many people in this community. There are a few who deserve our special thanks for their great work on the Final Challenge

Mckaila Egan and the Home Depot Team

Ben Hoskins and the 1-800 Got Junk team

Evie Fuson

Peter Haralabatos from Organic Landscape Solutions

Ike and Oscar our amazing floor guys

and many many others

Thanks to you the Teen Challenge was a complete success! We cannot thank you enough

Teen Challenge 2010 finale

On Saturday the 24th the Teen Challenge 2010 came to close. After six months of trainings, acts of kindness, service, and team building, the team at last completed their final challenge. For two intense weeks, the team worked with a family out in South East Portland, doing everything from flooring to gardening, painting, to shelving. Thanks to all the great networks who donated their time, effort, and money to the cause, the team was able to make an enormous difference in the life of this family. Congratulations Teen Challenge 2010 team!

Home Depot Wonder Team

On Thursday the 15th, the team from the Tigard Home Depot came out to help on the Final Challenge project. The Teen Challenge team has been in touch with Home Depot for the past several months, and Thursday, all our talk and discussion became action. It was incredible! While the Teen Challenge Team finished removing furniture from the house, the Home Depot team got started working.

Over the course of the day, this team changed the face of the little house forever. They tore up the old, molded carpet; dug out and replaced fence posts; reoriented a bad door frame; built shelves in the back room; put up black-out curtains in the bedrooms; helped remove old, broken tile from the kitchen; refinished a broken drawer; and even replaced the old post on the front porch.

Thank You Home Depot - we could not have done it without you. You truly made a difference for a family in need. Thank You

We need a vacation home!!!

This is your time to shine! The Teen Challenge team is in need of sending the family away for the days of wednesday, thursday and friday of this week. To do so, we need some vacation home sort of location to send them to. If you or anyone you know has a vacation home and would be willing to donate 2-3 nights to the cause, please let us know by writing to beyondourbubble@yahoo.com. We absolutely need your help. Thanks for your support of the Teen Challenge!

Thank you Home Depot

We'd just like to thank the team from the Tigard Home Depot for their involvement with the Teen Challenge. They met with the team to see the home on Monday, and we are looking forward to seeing what all they can do. A special thanks to Mckaila Egan for her dedication and generosity in helping out the team. THANK YOU

Final Challenge Begins

It's official, the Final Challenge for the 2010 Teen Challenge has begun. We have a wonderful family: single parent with two very energetic young kids. The team is completely psyched to get working, and already plans are made to dramatically improve this family's life. If you would like to get in on the action, visit our partnering page by clicking on "partner" on the Teen Challenge page. Every donation and volunteer means just that much greater of an impact we can have on this family's life. Thank you for all your support