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Pico Promise Helps Local Youth Aim Higher
Her highest ambition: to save enough money for a prom ticket, something her parents couldn’t afford.
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A Learning and Healing Garden
What’s in a garden? Plants, of course—flowers, vegetables, herbs, vines.
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Big People, Big Problems
“My name is Josh Elizondo and the biggest obstacle I’ve had to overcome in my life was growing up in the foster care system.”
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Because They Cared
Definition of ally, Merriam-Webster: to unite or form a connection or relation between.