Community Services Building, Inc

With the addition of Compassion Pointe to the list of CSBI Agencies, the Community Service Building is officially full! It is with great pride that I have regular conversations with folks from Center for Children and Families, Inc., Among Friends, Aging Services, Inc., Bethesda, Crossroads Headstart and others. They are all looking for ways to better serve a diverse group of clients and we are looking for ways to help. From new and improved play areas for the children to exercise opportunities for the physically challenged, it is our privilege to evaluate ways to help our clients (our tenant agencies) better serve their clients.

Former CSBI Executive Director, Becky Aguilar, had an idea that has endured.  She created a Chili Cook-Off on the grounds of CSBI and invited the public and the CSBI agencies to compete.  It’s a tradition that we can’t let die and although we don’t have Becky to organize it this year, we are plunging ahead.

This year’s event is scheduled for Friday, November 4.  The public is invited taste the chili, judge the competition and check out the silent auction items that are generously donated by those in the Norman Community.  We’ll do our best to continue the tradition with a fun and tasty event.

On a typical day at CSBI I will wave and say good morning to a buggy-full of Early Headstart students travelling through the corridors, give directions to a worried parent trying find help for a child that has been sexually assaulted, point the way to a confused senior citizen whose power has been shut off and walk a recently laid off father to the unemployment office.

This building is a conglomerate of professionals who help those in need. As the first point of contact with many of the helpless and hopeless, I get a great deal of satisfaction helping these folks knowing that they are getting the services they need to cope with the challenges of life.