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Campaign to help kids get new school uniforms - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:34 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. SOUTH BEND — Low-income parents often struggle to provide school uniforms for their children, and a new campaign hopes to raise money to help them afford new clothes. The South Bend Community School Corp. is opening The Look Smart Shoppe, where low-income families can pick out a school uniform for free. Rosalind Ellis is director of student services for the district. Ellis said about 6,000 students will be eligible to shop there because they receive free or reduced-price school lunches at 19 schools that require uniforms. The Indiana Toll Road is helping the campaign by donating money from transponder purchases. Toll Road public relations coordinator Amber Scott said if the project goes well, the Toll Road will consider extending it to other areas. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

In the Footsteps of the Oregon Trail Pioneers - ABC News Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:29 AM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. You can tell your kids how easy they have it, and maybe they'll listen for awhile. But to prove how simple it is to wash dishes or clothes in the 21st century, try showing them how pioneer children did it as they crossed the United States in the westward migration. Before doing the dishes, they had to find water and heat it up on a fire. Washing clothes often meant handling caustic lye soap. Kids crossing the continent in the mid-19th century often had roles and responsibilities that were critical to the family's survival, said Larry Jones, a retired Idaho state historian who has written extensively about the Oregon Trail. "They were pretty tough little kids," said Jones. "Many walked the entire 2,000 miles barefoot." It's been about 160 years since the westward migration started up in force between Missouri and the Pacific states, but there are still plenty of signs left behind by the more than 400,000 people estimated to have made that journey. The wagon ruts of the trail can be seen all over the West with many of them accessible — particularly in Idaho — by car or on foot and marked with signs. And for families who want to travel all or part of the trail together, there are also plenty of lessons to be learned from the experiences of those who went before. The Oregon Trail is one of many paths that cross from east to west, carved by pioneers migrating on foot, in wagons, or on horseback toward the promise of land, gold, or just a better life. Most of the emigration occurred between 1843 and 1869, tapering off quickly when the transcontinental railroad was completed. But emigration on the trails continued into the 20th century. Following one of those trails, or just a section, makes for a memorable family trip. Kids love climbing landmarks like Independence Rock — a Wyoming site that many pioneers aimed to reach by July 4. "It's just a scramble and then you're standing up there like children did 150 years ago," said Julie Fanselow, an Idaho writer whose "Traveling the Oregon Trail" (Falcon Guide) is recommended by National Park Service historians for families who want to follow the trail. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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