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...campaign for Clinton and Gore in desolate New Hampshire; we spent our days fleeing from angry dogs and angrier shotgun-toting Republicans, all in search of one or two extra votes; we spent our nights with students from dozens of other schools on the frozen tundra of a YMCA gym mat--at the very least we could have been rewarded with a remotely ethical campaign...
None of the Cambridge Cares housing programs can house more than eight individuals at a time, and the transitional housing programs at the Cambridge YMCA and YWCA handle about 15 singles at once...
Groups performed public service at Boston Urban Gardens in Dorchester, the Albany Street Shelter, the Community Learning Center, the Salvation Army and the Cambridge YMCA...
...themselves. Both from affluent families, they lived in prosperous New Jersey suburbs and so would not have faced a desperate economic predicament if they had a child. Their material well-being aside, they were also apparently happy, successful, likable kids. Amy was a talented artist and worked at a ymca camp last summer--"a dream daughter," her lawyer said. Brian was co-captain of the high school soccer team and on the varsity golf team. "He was popular--he had a lot of friends," says Brian Thalmann, who went to Ramapo High School with the couple. "She was nice...
...notwithstanding, many of the nonprofit groups that work with children have rallied to Edelman's call. Her Stand for Children has been endorsed by almost 3,000 organizations. Thousands of Girl Scouts are expected to attend, as well as thousands more teachers and members of the ywca and the ymca. The latter group, which serves 17 million children and families, and whose leadership is generally conservative, has gone out of its way to avoid the politics associated with the rally. "We hope not to be sidetracked by who is calling this event," says Y public-policy senior associate John Brooks...