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        High Point Village





          GRATITUDE FOR THE TALKINGTON FOUNDATION             BY DOUG SPEARMAN

        H      igh Point Village and all who are   value of contributing to their community   to a continuously growing Villager
               associated with our organization
                                                                                 population. The Talkington Foundation,
                                             by providing various avenues for them
               are extremely grateful for the
                                                                                 us another significant contribution toward
                                             with all our programs and activities, is
         Talkington Foundation’s significantly   to give back. This program, along   again, recognized our need and awarded
         positive impact on our Lubbock      designed to improve the quality of life for   expanding our existing space by 4,000
         community. We are especially thankful   individuals with special needs.   square feet to allow us the opportunity
         for the contributions we have received                                  to grow current programs and to begin
         that have allowed us to grow, to improve   During its initial years of operation, High   a new program which will reach a more
         the quality of our programs, and to   Point Village operated on 110th and Slide   needy population.
         service a greater number of individuals   in a building that was leased for one
         with special needs.                 dollar a year from Bacon Heights Baptist   Through the support and generosity of
                                             Church. The demand for our services   the Talkington Foundation, High Point
         High Point Village is a faith-based, non-  quickly increased, along with our Villager   Village has the ability to provide a larger
         profit organization in Lubbock that is   enrollment, and it became necessary   scope of enriching programs and services
         celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.   to find a larger space that would allow   to individuals with special needs in and
         Our mission is to create a village where   for continued growth. The Talkington   around the Lubbock Community.
         individuals with intellectual disabilities   Foundation awarded High Point Village
         can live, learn, work, worship, and   with a sizeable grant that, along with
         achieve their full potential. Since our   other donor contributions, including
         establishment in 2008, we have provided   63 acres of land in northwest Lubbock,
         programs and activities that are designed   allowed us to begin construction of a
         to enrich the lives of our clientele, called   10,000 square feet Enrichment Center in
         Villagers, and their families.      2015. It was completed in December of
                                             the same year. The new larger building,
         Currently, programs include our     equipped with four large classrooms, an
         Reach High day program, Afternoon   art room, a multi-purpose great room,
         Enrichment Classes, the Heatwaves   a commercial kitchen and an office
         Special Olympics team, summer camps,   space, enabled us to more than double
         and, more recently, music therapy. Our   enrollment in our Reach High program
         primary program, Reach High, is an adult   during the next two years and to also
         enrichment program that is designed to   expand our Afternoon Enrichment classes
         provide participants the means to reach   and enrollment.
         their full potential through vocational,
         educational, social, spiritual and   Our rate of growth, since moving into our
         motivational activities. Reach High works   current Enrichment Center, just over two
         daily on enterprise skills to showcase   years ago, was unforeseen but has, more
         each Villager’s unique and individual   recently, led us to begin plans to expand
         talents, while also teaching them the   our building to offer programming



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