Rosemary is the single mother of a three year old, and describes how without Skill Quest it would not have been possible for her to pay for the majority of her education including tuition, books, testing fees, nursing packets  etc. Lauren sought help from Skill Quest when after her separation she needed help paying for her tuition while supporting five children under the age of 9. 

Skill Quest, not only helped the women out financially, but also connected them with child care services, provided toys for their children. This allowed Lauren and Rosemary the time to focus on school, and their children in equal parts. 

Padrel asks all the women at, “If you could talk to yourself five years ago  what would you say to yourself, now that you have some perspective?”

All three women have different tidbits of advice. Rosemary says, that she wished she would have taken a leap of faith and gone to nursery school sooner. Lauren says she would have reminded herself that things can change in a heartbeat, to have faith and things will get better. Lastly Bordner says she would have simply told herself not to sweat the small stuff. 

At the end of the conversation the group discusses what can be done to help the community, and in particular single moms. They agree that the availability of more resources, in any form, would be extremely helpful.  Lastly, the want single moms to know that in order to get help you have to ask for it. “You can’t be worse off by asking for help.”

Both women who were helped by Skill Quest are now working to give back to their community, and help people who are struggling in similar way they were struggling. This inspirational episodes highlights the domino effect of helping others.