Try to imagine surviving a fire that tears through your home. Now imagine living through a hurricane 20 years later, losing everything you own to flood waters. This is the story of Meartice Edge. However, this is not just a story of a Hurricane Irene victim and her family, but also a story of hope [...]
Mary Jones found herself living a nightmare one fall morning. As her home filled with fire and smoke, she knew she had to act quickly to save her children. Jones was forced to break her bedroom window with her elbow and throw four of her five children out to safety. A firefighter rescued her youngest child, a 1-month-old baby. “It [...]
When I came to Kenmare, I was 17 years old and the mother of a 1-year-old little boy,” said Leoneli, a 2001 graduate of Kenmare Alternative High School, a program of the York Street Project in Jersey City, New Jersey. “I came here because I knew that without an education, neither of us was going to get [...]
