Playing for keeps

Article Abstract:

A brief review on the efforts behind the KIPP Academy String and Rhythm, composed of African American and Latino kids from a poor background, which holds America's outstanding youth orchestras, four national tours, and a 2002 concert at the most renowned Carnegie Hall is presented. Charlie Randall, the orchestra's founder and music director believes in making kids feel successful through music.

Management dynamics, Management, Musical groups, Company business management, African American children, African American musicians

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Saving saylor

Article Abstract:

Jason York helped a little girl Saylor Kirkpatrick to save her life by donating his liver to the girl who lay motionless, hooked to a mass of tubes and wires in a Delaware hospital. For the Kirkpatricks, the York and their girls have become "instant family".

Public affairs, Health aspects, Social aspects, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation, York, Jason, Kirkpatrick, Saylor

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Saving Michael Bowen

Article Abstract:

Shelley Bowen's transformation from a hapless mom to an impassioned advocate is traced. Shelley Bowen's struggle to save the life of her son Michael, a patient of Barth syndrome, is elaborated.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Family Planning & Child Care, Care and treatment, Evaluation, Child care, Sick children, Mother and child, Mother-child relations

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