Word: melchiono
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...watches the teenagers walk away across the Pit, into the dark, rainy night, Melchiono agrees...
...girl steps tentatively into the van, saying that she thinks something might be wrong with her leg. As Melchiono leads her into the back room of the van, her friends begin to dance playfully outside, a further sign of their comfort with the volunteers...
...sense of community among homeless youths that the mobile medical van has been quietly building for 30 years, Melchiono says, is just as important as the medical service the van offers...
Today, the van is staffed solely by volunteers like Melchiono, who says he heard about the program 17 years ago and fell in love with it. He ran the medical van during the '80s and has been volunteering his time in addition to his regular job as a nurse practitioner with Children's Hospital in Boston ever since...
...love this," says Melchiono, as he surveys the bright van interior. "I think of these kids as teachers. They can teach us so much, if we only open our eyes and ears to listen. I just don't think we do enough of that...