The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 9/17/2010: How sports can help homeless women get back on their feet. Plus, fundraising helps women fight breast cancer with free treatments.
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Here’s this week’s news:
·Once a single mother living below the poverty line, Janet Gray tells the Californian that she is back on her feet and trying to help those who face difficult financial situations by competing in a triathlon to raise money for Salinas’ Dorothy’s Place, a homeless shelter.
·Aisling Rose O’Grady, a 21-year-old who has been living in shelters for months, believes she will have a second opportunity to create a better life when she heads to Brazil to compete against other homeless women in the Homeless World Cup, according to the Oregonian.
·The Daily Press interviews Deloris Borum about the Natasha House, a shelter Borum just opened that will house women who have recently become homeless due to job loss or divorce.
·The Orange County Register reports that thanks to money raised by the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, homeless women that have been diagnosed with breast cancer, like Geraldine Watts, are able to receive free treatment.
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