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Despite the Recession, Neediest Cases Fund Collects Nearly $7 Million

Joann Ritter, 52, and her three children lost all their belongings and furniture when a mix-up with the city’s Housing Stability Plus program resulted in their rent not being paid, prompting their landlord to move their possessions onto the curb ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Citigroup

The Neediest Cases: Managing an Extended Struggle Against Cancer

Reitza Rosado Salgado was four months shy of graduating from high school when, in January 2008, she felt a pain in her side. Her mother, Maritza Salgado, took her to a hospital in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, where they live. When the pain did not ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  5 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

The Neediest Cases: In Debt and Fearing Another Move, a Family Lives Without Furniture

Willie and Cassandra Grace have lived in their Bronx apartment for more than two months but have acquired no furnishings. They view furniture as heavy objects they may have to move, expensive possessions with which they may have to part. This week, ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  4 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

The Neediest Cases: Educated and Experienced, but Struggling to Find a Job

It was 11 in the morning on Inauguration Day, and Nadja Smith, 55, was rushing home from an appointment with an employment counselor to her studio on East 90th Street. She had supported Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, and had resented a ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  3 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  New York University,  PBS

A Chance to Excel on the Court, and Off

One Sunday afternoon, the living room of a small unit in the Park Hill Apartments, a federally subsidized housing complex on Staten Island, was filling up with the sounds of a basketball video game, NBA Street: Homecourt. Over the grunts and sneaker ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  National Basketball Association

From Low-Wage Jobs to a Dress-for-Success Tale

When she started her latest job search in the spring of 2008, Monica Mateo had had her fill of low-wage, mind-numbing work. She had taken customers’ orders at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Burger King. She had passed days making copies of ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  28 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Burger King,  New York Times Company,  New York University

Neediest Cases: Dedicated to Learning English, She Moved North

In an airy classroom in Astoria, Queens, one cold January afternoon, Blanca Bohorquez was making her way through an English-language exercise, filling in occasional blanks on a sheet of lyrics to “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which played on a stereo ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  26 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Nestor, Inc.

The Neediest Cases: Lost Ground in a Standoff With Cancer

When she felt a lump, in December 2007, Jackqulyn McMillan feared it was her turn. This week, William E. Rapfogel, executive director and CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, is answering questions about how food assistance programs work ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

The Neediest Cases: Making Big Adjustments to Fill Her Mother’s Shoes

On an icy weekday afternoon, Nakusii Goodman, 11, was demonstrating on his brother, Shameek, 8, how a hug can be a form of both affection and torment. This week, William E. Rapfogel, executive director and CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  18 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Drawing Inspiration From the Optimism of Youth

On a recent afternoon, the gray sky was no matter to Nia Harris, 18, who was contentedly hanging around in her bedroom, singing backup to Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” while her mother, Leslie Sterling, 48, organized books in an adjacent room. “The ...

From ABBY AGUIRRE, The New York Times,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

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