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APRIL 26, 2012
To the tress-cue
A Bella Vista salon and a Newbold resident have helped children with hair loss to restore their condence. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
M
ick Jagger opined “Childhood living is easy to do” in The Rolling Stones’ 1971 song “Wild Horses.” As reality often counters the performer’s sentiment, Ciara Stith and Ali Jennings recently resolved to remedy troubling circumstances for downtrodden children and young adults. The ladies donated their tresses to Locks of Love, a West Palm Beach, Fla.-based nonprofit that crafts hairpieces for individuals dealing with long-term medical hair loss. Their offerings further the entity’s 15-year mission that has assisted 3,000 North American figures 21 and under.
A basketball free-for-all ensued, as altruism reigned supreme at William Meredith School.
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Sports
Haitian preservation A Queen Village teacher used the game of basketball to raise hope and funds to educate less fortunate Caribbean youngsters. By Katie Armstrong Review Intern
Green machine
A Point Breeze native powered his Irish basketball squad to two championships. By Joseph Myers.........Page 29
T
he thuds of bouncing basketballs and schoolchildren’s excited clamors reverberated through the gym at William Meredith School, 725 S. Fifth St., as the education facility launched its second annual Hoops for Haiti. The fundraiser, held April 13, was the initiative of eighth-grade teacher Kelly Schaaf.
Two summers ago after the January 2010 devastating earthquake that affected nearly three million people, Schaaf visited Haiti for 10 days in honor of her late grandmother. Traveling with her church, she volunteered at Hope for the Children of Haiti, a Christian-owned and operated school and orphanage in Bolosse, a borough of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. “It was the first time that I had ever seen that kind of abject poverty — families without water, children without shoes —
and it was just overwhelming to me,” she said. Schaff was most struck that so few families could afford to send their children to primary school, and decided that something must be done. Upon returning stateside, she made a video of her experience and showed it to other Meredith faculty members. “At our first faculty meeting back from See HOOPS FRO HAITI page 10