2003: Urban And Honduras pilot programs

Here are a few of the highlights from the 2003 Summer: We successfully piloted the Urban Connection program for one week. 27 participants from three youth groups worked on the homes of several Native American families in Orange County, CA. Our first-ever project outside the U.S. was also ask or success. 14 youth, young adults and adults spent 15 days in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where the team built two complete homes. Spiritual Gurus on work teams and daily spiritual questions were introduced (we still do this in 2015!) Fifth site was opened. This was made possible by the generous donation of a tool trailer by former board member John Baudouine. This trailer serves our Arizona site locations (Navajo Nation and Phoenix.) Site locations: Tselani Valley, Arizona (Navajo Nation). Staff lived in two tents. Owyhee, Nevada (Duck Valley Reservation). First year here. Covelo, California (Round Valley Reservation) Anaheim, California (Urban Connection). First urban site. Spencer Valley, California (Santa Ysabel and La Jolla Reservation) Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon Participation: 1,377 youth, young adults and counselors from 101 churches from Alaska to New Mexico. Fundraising: In 2003 donations made up 13.2% of SSP's revenue (half of what it is today in 2015.)   [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] 2003 shirt[/caption]