One thing I wish people knew about me: the color of my shoes
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: awesome, totally sweet, bad ass, you are all awesome
Male, 19
One thing I wish people knew about me: that I have a job
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: positive life, they helped me get a job
Male, 20
One thing I wish people knew about me: that I’m a nice guy
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: there’s a lot of respect up here, it’s a cool place to come to get away from the street
Male, 19
One thing I wish people knew about me: respect is the number one priority for me
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: it’s been fun, really fun
Female, 17
One thing I wish people knew about me: that I was a good person
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: its ok, I guess, my experience has been wild, it’s always a bunch of drama
Female, 19
One thing I wish people knew about me: I will respect you until you give me a reason not to
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: bad ass
Female, 18
One thing I wish people knew about me: I’m the best rapper alive
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: [thumbs up]
Male, 19
One thing I wish people knew about me: I think drugs are bad, but I do them anyways
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: pretty tight
Female, 16
One thing I wish people knew about me: I know how to survive on the streets
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: they don’t care [that] we’re high
Male, 17
One thing I wish people knew about me: I’m homeless, but I’m not a bum
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: the staff are off the wall
Male, 20
One thing I wish people knew about me: I’m often sarcastic, but I have good intentions usually
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: It’s been alright, I keep my own space, it has helped me out, it’s fun being here
Male, 21
One thing I wish people knew about me: that I have a lot of different personalities
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: that the people here are really understanding about how kids are, you guys listen … you offer advice, but don’t push it on us
Female, 16
One thing I wish people knew about me: that I’m funny
My experience at Cup of Cool Water: 90% of the people act like they’re 12, that’s the one thing I don’t like about this place
Male, 19
