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Tracy LeQuyere: Ex-offender now helps kids to read.
Tracy LeQuyere: Ex-offender now helps kids to read.

Tracy LeQuyere: Ex-offender now helps kids to read.

Date5/16/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129378F
They cared enough to act: Huron St. public school principal Art Bussey (left), teacher Rosemary Kelly (above with class of children) have experienced the special needs of the children of battered women staying in nearby hostels, and pushed for action to help the kids. You need time, patience and good listening skills, Bussey says.
They cared enough to act: Huron St. public school principal Art Bussey (left), teacher Rosemary Kelly (above with class of children) have experienced the special needs of the children of battered women staying in nearby hostels, and pushed for action to help the kids. You need time, patience and good listening skills, Bussey says.
3/10/1982
Best-stressed: Seeking help from his kids, Charles, 3, and Kathy, 8, John Crosbie looks for a pun to launch the new year at their Ridge Dr. home.
Best-stressed: Seeking help from his kids, Charles, 3, and Kathy, 8, John Crosbie looks for a pun to launch the new year at their Ridge Dr. home.
1/2/1981
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
2/7/1978
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
9/2/1991
Reformed addict: I don't think I'd be here today, or be alive today, without a rehabilitation program, says Chris Loeppky, who now counsels street kids
Reformed addict: I don't think I'd be here today, or be alive today, without a rehabilitation program, says Chris Loeppky, who now counsels street kids
8/19/1991
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
6/20/1984
In Toronto now Peter Dalglish is supervising an animated film on AIDS for street kids around the world, but condoms won't be stressed - 'they're too expensive'.
In Toronto now Peter Dalglish is supervising an animated film on AIDS for street kids around the world, but condoms won't be stressed - 'they're too expensive'.
12/2/1987
Don Karwaski: The audio-visual technician, who lost part of a leg to diabetes, now helps those facing amputation to deal with the situation.
Don Karwaski: The audio-visual technician, who lost part of a leg to diabetes, now helps those facing amputation to deal with the situation.
5/8/1991
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
9/1/1981
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
7/16/1985
Going swimmingly: Volunteer Robin Crouch, right, helps Angela Feser, one of 24 disabled kids at Bloorview Children's Hospital's Terry Fox Swim yesterday
Going swimmingly: Volunteer Robin Crouch, right, helps Angela Feser, one of 24 disabled kids at Bloorview Children's Hospital's Terry Fox Swim yesterday
9/20/1992
Best of both: Co-op education helps you define a career direction . . . helps you get your foot in the door, says Rick Ferreira, one of the Royal Bank's youngest branch managers.
Best of both: Co-op education helps you define a career direction . . . helps you get your foot in the door, says Rick Ferreira, one of the Royal Bank's youngest branch managers.
4/15/1988