Circles fights poverty one family at a time
Related: Local Circles members rely on allies to forge ahead
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Springfield, Ohio — The cement floors were bare and the walls had been torn back to the wooden studs at the Think Tank Inc. offices across First Street from the Springfield Meijer store.
Up the narrow back stairs in an office being used during renovations, 29-year-old Melissa Perkins was meeting with three of her Circle allies to talk about Perkins' efforts to move herself and her two daughters out of poverty.
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Connected to the Bridges Out of Poverty program launched five years ago here to help address persistent poverty in the community, the Circles Campaign's goal is to fight poverty one family at a time.
The Springfield initiative is part of a national Circles program organizers say is designed to "document the challenges and victories of this process" in an effort to "inspire and equip national, state and community leaders" to help low-income families.
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