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08/16/10
It appears that a group founded to help Eastport girls in public housing and low-income communities perform better in school - and develop interests outside their immediate surroundings - may be succeeding. 
Joshua McKerrow, The CapitalTaiyla Simms, 11, works on one of the computers at the Eastport Girls Club as mentor Suzie Galler watches. Club members’ reading scores improved greatly during the past year, after organizers began tutoring the girls and taking them to museums, lectures and classes. “This is part of our lives now,” Galler said. “This is what we do.” Find Us On Facebook
Two years ago, a group of women calmly and quietly set out to help these girls. They knew it would be a long process, but their efforts appear to be bearing fruit. The roughly 15 girls in the Eastport Girls Club have greatly increased their reading ability, as scored by the Test of Word Reading Efficiency, or TOWRE, exam, the club's founders said. The exam measures the ability to recognize familiar words as...
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Inspiring story - 2010-08-17 09:01:37
What an inspiring story. Thank you to all the volunteers and whomever made this possible. If the volunteers wanted I think it would be nice for them to receive community recognition. Congratulations to the girls as well.
This effort can be a success in several ways. With our economy down and many people in need of work, are there more adults interested in investing in the community in this manner?
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