Success Stories

Star of Track and Field

Class of 2007 PGC Senior Dominique Harris ended his years successfuly at De La Salle North Catholic High School in track and field. He ultimately was credited with helping to build the high school's budding track team. He dominated his team all season long, competed in state track and field tournaments in the triple jump and long jump, and is one of two top point-earners for De La Salle's team, collecting 211.25 points this season. He often put in extra practice time when none was scheduled and poured over home movies his parents made during meets to scrutinize his form. Despite a twisted ankle at one point during his senior year Dominique perservered and made his school, family, and Bridge Builders community very proud! This fall he is headed to college in Tennesse to continue his outstanding personal growth studying computer science and plans to try out for the track team there.

Photo Credit: Angie Harris

Agape Circle member David Green

Agape Circle member David Green was featured in The University of Portland's Spring 2007 quarterly magazine Portland discussing how he first learned of the university through his involvement in The Bridge Builders. In the full-page article showing a smiling Green the college sophomore talks about how before his Prospective Gents Club involvement he did not even know the U of P existed, and chose it over Pepperdine because of its engineering program and financial aid offer to him. He is a global business major currently studying Chinese and Japanese history, with a goal to work overseas after graduation.

Class of 2008 Imminent Ladies of Virtue Taylor Allen and Danielle Tucker

Class of 2008 Imminent Ladies of Virtue Taylor Allen and Danielle Tucker spent their 2007 Spring Break retracing the historic steps of the 1965 civil rights walk of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and over 25,000 marchers from Selma to the capitol building in Montgomery, AL. They spent four days walking with their teacher and 8 classmates from Grant High School in Portland, talking with locals along the way, attending church, and stopping at historic museums and famous landmarks such as the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where four little Black girls died in a racist bombing. Since their arrival back to Portland their 54-mile class trip has been highlighted in the local media.

Photo Credit: The Oregonian