HAND officials say they would like ultimately to move onto the third floor of Phillips Brooks House, which will become available at the end of the year after the Committee on the Study of Religion moves into the new Humanities Center.

But just as HAND members have been loath to confront the administration, they also have shied away from offending PBHA.

PBHA leaders say a more militant attitude might have helped HAND.

"I think they should have fought harder to keep the Linden Street space," says Hahrie C. Han '97, vice president of PBHA.

PBHA, for its part, wants to expand to the third floor because it currently offers 50 programs.

"We used to have one desk for each program," says Han. "Now we're down to one file cabinet per program."

For the moment, HAND leaders remain optimistic but admit that they have been given no promises.

"HAND is definitely on the short list of large permanent organizations that were considered," says Noah R. Feinstein '98, a co-chair of HAND. "But my understanding is that the space may rotate."

Revamping the Program

HAND volunteers in each house take part in Big Sibling, Tutoring and One Shot (a once-a-month community service opportunity) programs.

Houses have arranged sports clinics, a karate training program, Halloween parties, Saturday afternoon puppet-making and mural-painting.

Steigerwald supervises all of HAND's programs by visiting schools, gathering resources and coordinating training programs.

According to Melinda A. Hakim '97, HAND coordinator for Currier House and one of the 13 people on the board, a problem HAND has faced in the past is a lack of communication with school administrators.

Steigerwald says she has tried to solve that problem by meeting with various school administrators individually as well as with school groups.

HAND has also added two panels, the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) and the HAND Alumni Panel (HAP) to serve the organization's needs within the larger community.

Other changes include mandatory Red Cross training for students who will work with individual children or with sports teams.

"I was worried because it seems like it's adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the number of meetings we have to go to," says Matthew A. Weissman '97, Adams House Learning Center coordinator. "But it's worked out very well and allows the houses to communicate.