At time of rising poverty, finding ray of light in The Ark's success
Maybe in the larger scheme of things, this is small stuff. But on a day gloomy with bad weather and worse news, I was happy to learn that a Baltimore preschool for homeless children won't be homeless itself after all.
I'd written about The Ark this summer, at a time when it was desperate to find another home because its downtown building was being sold. Something about a preschool for homeless kids being booted out into the street just gnawed at me — and apparently others.
"All I did was pick up the phone and call a number of folks who I thought might care," said Mark Furst. president and CEO of United Way of Central Maryland.
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