PORT TOWNSEND – Less than a year after she moved to town, Gigi Callaizakis saw an ad in the newspaper that caught her attention.
Olympic Community Action Programs was looking for people to help applicants establish eligibility and gain financial help from the Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Home Fund.
So she volunteered.
“I helped connect people with resources inside and outside of the fund,” Callaizakis said.
Callaizakis was more than qualified for the job – before moving to Port Townsend, she worked at a center for at-risk youth in Denver and holds a Ph.D. in psychology.
Now she is investing her talents in the Boiler Room as the new president of the board with the goal of strengthening connections between the youth-run coffee house and the community.
