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August 05, 1990 - Image 2

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Michigan Citizen, 1990-08-05

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go on to p the GED high
chool equiv lency exam.
They may come for a b ndout,
but they often leave itb a
ne tart in life.
VOC' youth min!
although establi hed to b
youngsters improve tbeir
gra p of cadernic ubjects,
places trong empba is on
spir! tual and moral
development swell.
The youth who move
through the tage of this
program e ntually become
part of a college in tern
group.
Voice of Calv ry call its
pecial cru ade "a quiet
revolution." Tucker. their
young minister. who
tragically died of cancer last
year, and who e vision till
permeates VOC, claimed,
"Poor people won't be
changed unless . �ur
evangelism can be coupled.
ith economic change as
ell ...
For further information on
VOC' ctivitie, write
Melvin Ander on. Voice of
C Iv ry Mini uric • 1655 S1.
Ch rlcs Street. J ck on. Mi .
39209. or c II ((,() 1) 353-1 (,35.
II .. I
chool of
tutorin
ome or youngsters get to
crea te and man ge mal)
b ine e. uch c bars
nd other conce ion. A
con mer cooper ti ve,
Tbriftco, i nether model of
free enterpri e at or. Here,
clothin lh t ould otherwise
be de troy d by manufaturer
i reproce ed nd old at
dget price primarily to the
community' poor. Thriftco
employ. 40 full-time peopl
nd ha operation in nine
countie .
In a de ire to m et a many
need a po sible, VOC
direct F mily He Ilh
Center. here doctor nd
nur e provide afford ble
medic I c re to over 10,000
P tienl each ye r.
Their A p Center
e t bli hed for tho e ho
require emergency food or
better. but it offer much
more th n help ith t e next
me l. Tho e ho u e the
center' get to iSl
i tb mai ling and other
chore . Encouraged to t e
dv nta e of VOC's tutoring
progr m and to cquire n
ill , m oy 0 tee people
,
a
re
'A
pi ccd an the aniza­
tion. and andcla a indcn­
tifrcd nd apprch .ndcd, to the
rchct'. delight and undying
gr titude of the di. ciplc of
ap rtheid. Thu .. raci: m wa
gi en more than a quarter of a
century of relatively un­
h mpered iro Ih nd
d vel pmcni. at the e pcnsc
o millions of I TlC ns.
M ndctr 'a� arre ted,
brought to lri I nd doubly
ch rged ith:
-E CHin J hi fellow
citizen to tri c bccau of
poor or "in condition nd
inadequ te pay.
Co ti ued 0
MICHIGAN CmZEN
West m
P.o.

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