Angst of city youths is soothed by trip to Shenandoah Valley
The group of adults had been meeting for weeks at a restaurant in Southeast Washington, trying to find ways to protect children who live in neighborhoods plagued by violence. They did not come up with any groundbreaking solutions — just a day trip for D.C. kids to a farm in the Virginia countryside. But that proved to be just fine.
Shenandoah would make for the perfect setting. Lush trees and thick grass carpet gently rolling hills. Farmland and meadows stretch to the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, as far as the eye could see. “Half of my family is from the country, the other half from the city,” he said. Then something caught his eye that he’d never seen before — at least not like this.
“I don’t think anybody has the answer, but I do think that what we are doing with the kids today is part of the answer,” Shallal said. “I think we underestimate pivotal moments in a child’s life — where that one thing happens that can take their lives in a completely different direction.
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