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Markeith now towers over Steve Carroll,
his mentor since he was 10.
and I were at tiie Mini-Mart, and this woman asked, 'Oh, is this your grandmother?* Karly said, *No, she’s my very good friend, and she’s an artist!’ I have never used the word ’artist’ with Karly to describe myself She could say it when I couldn’t.”
“A lot of us go into this at a time in our lives when we finally have the time to give back,” added Armor. “Everybody gives back in different ways. 1 happen to love children, so this was a natural thing for me to do. Early's just a delight. She’s a very interesting, inquisitive child in a very positive way— she’s interested in everything. She’s curious; she asks a lot of questions. She’s only 7years-old, but she has very definite ideas on things.”
When they'd been paired just a few weeks, for example, Karly was at Armor’s house when Program Director Carol Lucking called to check in. “After speaking with Carol for a few minutes,” said Armor, *1 asked Karly, ‘Do you want to talk to her?1 Karly said, No, but tell Carol we’re a good fit.1*
“Everybody needs somebody to confide in,” pointed out Maryann Jenkins. “People in general need that safe haven. That’s why I always want C J. to feel like he can tell anything to Sam, and I make sure he knows Sam doesn’t tell me every little thing CJ. tells him.”
Both mentors praise the staff of the , Starfish program. Tm incredibly impressed with Carol Lucking and how the program is set up,” attested Armor. ‘They’ve got a lot of safeguards in place to protect the kids. I had to go through background checks. We’re accountable, there’s a whole network for dealing with issues, things are explained to us beforehand. I think people are very welltrained by the time they are paired with a
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