Spare Change Fall Writing Contest

Type up and e-mail your entry on the topic "How can we create creative new solutions to end homelessness in a poor community" to djamesjefferson@gmail.com. 2 age categories: 13 & younger and 14+. Please specify your age group in your e-mail, and good luck!

The deadline is November 1st.

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Striking It Rich: Formerly Homeless Women Scratches Million Dollar Ticket.

Story and Art by Jen Catalano

Virginia "Jini" Burke lives a life of strict routine. She goes to work. She goes to her AA meetings. She comes home. Even her gambling is done with perfect regularity. Every week, she buys five two dollar scratch tickets at a local Mobil. She lives for routine. It's helped her out of the rough places she's been in her life.

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	Striking It Rich: Formerl... Story and Art by Jen Catalano Virginia "Jini" Burke lives a life of strict routine. She goes to work. She goes to her AA meetings. She comes home. Even her gambling is done with perfect regularity. Every week, she buys five two dollar scratch... view
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