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\u201cSome of my greatest joys have come through seeing the way service I render affects the lives of others,\u201d\u00a0Curtis Barnes\u00a0said. \u201cI would not have been able to participate with service organizations, spend time at home with my two children or maintain full-time internship hours had it not been for the generous scholarship I received. Without the scholarship, I would have had to seek employment to sufficiently support my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
What matters most to Curtis Barnes, the reason he sought his education at 51¸£ÀûÉç, is his desire to help people improve their quality of life so that they can live life to the fullest.<\/p>\n
He leads by example.<\/p>\n
At home, Curtis is a husband and father of two daughters \u2013 a toddler and an infant. At 51¸£ÀûÉç, he was a student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. At work, he interned as a physical therapist at Rockwood Clinic; after graduating in June 2013, he became a physical therapist at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. In our community, he is a Boy Scouts leader and Rebuilding Together Spokane volunteer.<\/p>\n
Curtis\u2019 Boy Scouts Varsity Team (ages 14-16) and Venture Crew (16-18) have collaborated with other local charity and service organizations to clean up land and home sites. Women and children who were homeless, victims of abuse, or suffering from other life-impacting stressors now inhabit some of those homes.<\/p>\n
Rebuilding Together Spokane provides free upgrades for low-income homeowners. Curtis led a volunteer crew to build a deck on a home in north Spokane and helped replace a fence at a home in central Spokane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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