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The Alaska
Housing Finance Corporation will say goodbye to long-time employee Sandra Amox
this month. She is retiring after more than 22 years working for the
corporation at the Pacific Terrace affordable housing office in Kodiak. She
will retire as the supervisor for the entire office, but said she first
encountered Pacific Terrace as a low-income tenant.
"I
lived here with my three children as a single parent and then I was taking
classes at the college and doing various part time jobs, up to three different
part time jobs," Amox said. "And then I found out that the office job here was becoming
available...."
-- (Retired Housing 1 : 23 "I
lived here with my three children as a single parent and then I was taking
classes at the college and doing various part time jobs, up to three different
part time jobs. And then I found out that the office job here was becoming
available and when I found out about it I had one day to get my resume to the
job service.")
Amox got
her resume to the office, and in the end got the job. Her work at Pacific
Terrace has helped make affordable housing a reality for scores of Kodiak
families over the years. She said health reasons have pushed her into
retirement, but added that it was a good time to say goodbye. After more than
two decades with the corporation, Amox said she will definitely miss it.
-- (Retired Housing 2 : 23 "I
am. I won't miss the work load as I've been telling everybody but I will miss
our clients and the people, the interaction with different people and the
section 8 clients that come into apply.
You know being able to help them and advise them on different things
that they may want to check out that they may qualify for that may help them in
their daily lives, so that part I will be missing.")
It's
fitting that Amox will miss the clients, because according to Cathy Stone,
working with clients is what she did best. Stone is the statewide director of
the public housing division for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
-- (Retired Housing 3 : 27 "I
never directly supervised her but have always been very impressed by her
professionalism, as well as the level of care she takes with all our residents
as well as voucher people. There was always a real sense that she cared about
the people she was helping and I think that came from her experience having
been in their shoes when she first came to Kodiak and had three young children
and was making a go of it on her own. So she really understood how people feel
to be in need of affordable housing.")
Elaine
Hollier is the South Central regional manager for public housing and directly
supervised Amox in majority of the work she did. She said Amox will be missed
not just by the Kodiak community, but by the entire corporation.
-- (Retired Housing 3 : 36 "Sandy
is one of the most dedicated employees anyone could ask for. She cares not only
for the property she manages but the people that apply for the services that we
provide in rental assistance. She's a pillow throughout the community. She
volunteers for many, many things including she's on the homeless community, she
serves at the shelters. All on her own time. And she's done this for many, many
years and I think even when she retires from Alaska housing she's going to
continue on that path of volunteering.")
Amox said
she absolutely will continue her volunteering, specifically with the Brother
Francis Shelter and Special Olympics. She isn't the only one in her household
that will be giving back to the community. Amox said she has high hopes that
her English golden retriever, Yoshi, can volunteer as a petting animal in the
long term care area at the hospital.
A
celebration of Amox and her work with the corporation takes place today
(Friday). Her last day of work will be at the end of the month. Robinette
Sagalkin (suh-gel-kin) will take her place. ###
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