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Peeps This! After School Program Grows Dental Hygiene Grads
Follows passion
to help kids
outside of the
classroom
by N icole R onal H ooper
T he P ortland O bserver
M ost o f Jeffrey T aylor’s jobs
have been w orking with youth. It
was only natural for him to start
his own organization to help kids
w ho may be over looked within
the school system.
T h e F ranklin High School
graduate attended N orth Port
land Bible College, but instead of
pursuing a degree, he decided to
follow his passion outside o f the
classroom .
“ I saw a vision because there
are only so many places to take
your kids in Portland,” said T ay
lor, a father o f Jeffrey Jr., now
12. “It was my son who said,
‘Daddy you should come up with
you ro w n thing.' I d id n 't think he
was old enough to understand
what inspiration it gave m e.”
In 2005, Taylor was a substi
tute teacher at A lbina Head Start
and with his dream he decided to
leave a steady paycheck and start
PEEPS (Preparing Every Envi
ron m en t for P rep aratio n S e r
vices).
Currently, the program runs
M onday through Friday from 3
photo by
N icole R onal H ooper /T iie P ortland O bserv er
Jeffrey Taylor has founded his own organization to help kids.
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the back area o f
R e fle c tio n s C o ffe e Shop on
N o rth e a st K illin g sw o rth and
M artin Luther King Jr. Boule
vard, but he hopes someday to
have his own space and more
children — clients as he calls
them. But m oney is always an
C lassifieds /
B IDS
N ursing
More than you ever expected
In a place you never expected
issue for any start up business.
“My heart is out there to do
different kinds o f things for chil
dren of different ages," said T ay
lor, 36. “A lot o f fam ilies are on
fixed incomes and I just want to
help them all.”
A balance between giving back
and making ends meet has caused
Taylor to look for other ways to
pay for the program, like hosting
a PEEPS fundraiser las, year.
Flexibility replaces the 40-
h o u r-w o rk w eek T a y lo r w as
once accustom ed to.
“ I also enjoy w orking for m y
self because I ge, to meet new
people and help new people," he
said. “Just like with any occupa
tion, you have to like your jo b .”
T aylor strives to be a good role
model for his son. That came
from his father, who he said was
his mentor.
“ You have to raise your chil
dren right,” said T aylor, who
believes that children copy things
their parents do, even the nega
tive things. “ Kids are going to
need som eone positive to talk to
r e g a r d le s s o f th e ir c ir c u m
stances.”
But more than som eone to talk
to, PEEPS is also about having
fun.
T aylor is currently recruiting
high school and college students
to serve as mentors. All inter
ested applicants will get back
ground checks.
PEEPS offer sports clinics,
movie nights, board game night
and dance. Once sum m er comes,
the hours will be expanded and
so will the activities, T aylor said.
To find out how to get your
child involved, call Taylor at 503-
493-1614.
Much of pay
disparity
remains
crim ination.”
“Over time, the unexplained
portion of the pay gap grow s,”
the group said in a news release.
C a th e r in e
H ill,
the
o rg a n iz a tio n ’s d ire c to r o f re
search, said “Part o f the wage
difference is a result of people’s
c h o ic e s , a n o th e r p a rt is
em ployer's assum ptions of what
people’s choices will be. .. Em
p lo y e rs a ssu m e th a t y o u n g
women are going to leave the
work force when they have chil
dren, and, therefore, d o n ’t pro
mote them .”
The organization found that
w om en's scholastic performance
was not reflected in their com
pensation.
W omen have slightly higher
grade point averages than men in
every major, including science
and math.
But women who attend highly
selective colleges earn the same as
men who attend minimally selec-
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