Metro Detroit schools coping with surge of homeless children
04/07/2008 18:12
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students than ever can't go home. Because there isn't
one.
Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- Cherish Brisbane loved Gompers Elementary School, where she was friends with girls named Tyler, Casey and Amanda. Now she's trying to find friends at Owen Academy, her new school near the homeless shelter in Highland Park that she now calls home.
"I miss my school, and that was a good house. Plus I miss my dog, Precious. We had to give her away to somebody," said Cherish, a pretty girl with her hair pulled into a puff on top of her head. "The hardest part was I lost all my best friends."
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Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- Cherish Brisbane loved Gompers Elementary School, where she was friends with girls named Tyler, Casey and Amanda. Now she's trying to find friends at Owen Academy, her new school near the homeless shelter in Highland Park that she now calls home.
"I miss my school, and that was a good house. Plus I miss my dog, Precious. We had to give her away to somebody," said Cherish, a pretty girl with her hair pulled into a puff on top of her head. "The hardest part was I lost all my best friends."
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Volunteering in New Orleans (where they still need a lot of help)
04/06/2008 18:15
Volunteering
in New Orleans (where they still need a lot of help)
By EILEEN OGINTZ Tribune Media Services
Izzie Alley, 11, looked around cautiously, as she stepped inside the small New Orleans garage that has been temporarily converted into a studio apartment for the Strauss family.
"Smaller than your bedroom," observed Margie Alley, Izzie's mom. Izzie nodded, taking in the space crammed with three beds, computer, clothes and fridge. Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands like the middle-class Strausses are still trying to pick up the pieces .The Alleys have come from suburban New York during a sunny spring week to help.
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By EILEEN OGINTZ Tribune Media Services
Izzie Alley, 11, looked around cautiously, as she stepped inside the small New Orleans garage that has been temporarily converted into a studio apartment for the Strauss family.
"Smaller than your bedroom," observed Margie Alley, Izzie's mom. Izzie nodded, taking in the space crammed with three beds, computer, clothes and fridge. Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands like the middle-class Strausses are still trying to pick up the pieces .The Alleys have come from suburban New York during a sunny spring week to help.
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