Local 7-Year-Old Spurring Effort to Help a Stoughton Grandmother and Her Young Grandson
Learning a lesson about changing the world from a Stoughton grandmother and a 7-year old girl.
Editor's Note: A Stoughton woman is raising her grandson because his parents are addicted to heroin, but she is about to lose her home. She works but needs money for childcare to keep him. Her story is told through a Dedham 7-year-old and her mother, who are leading the effort to help "Save Nathan." *** “Think Globally, Act Locally.” We’ve all heard this statement and probably even said it ourselves, but have you ever stopped to think about just exactly what it means? It’s saying that in order to change the world you have to start somewhere . . . and that somewhere may as well be your own backyard. Because of the big heart of my 7-year-old daughter Georgia, I learned this lesson firsthand. Jean Fox is a friend of a friend and lives in …
Alex Shumway
1:13 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Would you mind emailing me how you got the state assistance and free daycare? She is currently on a 6-year waiting list for the $1000/month voucher and has been told numerous times that she can't jump to the top of the list. more ›