Many people think that poor children and adults are poor because they’re lazy and should just go out and get a job. Wrong!
Forty percent of the kids in Detroit’s high schools are special needs kids. Many of them have high levels of lead in their blood caused by by the peeling lead paint in the old houses they live in.
Inner city schools don’t have the necessary resources that enable their students to successfully compete for jobs in the workplace.
Poverty becomes a cycle of despair passed down from one generation to the next. Very few break out.
What can you do?
Poor kids get two meals per day at school. They don’t look forward to Christmas because they don’t eat well during Christmas break.
Call an inner-city school and offer food before the break.
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