B.U.C.K. Squad calls on city, community for support

Joy and laughter filled the summery Friday afternoon air, as dozens of children danced in a church parking lot across from the South First Street public housing neighborhood. People later left the dance floor to tour the inside of a rescue truck and pick out new reads from the Free Book Bus, while others waited their turn for a haircut. Kids and grown-ups alike ended the afternoon of fun with pizza, popsicles, and ice cream sandwiches.

“Our focus is on the babies out there. We are trying to change the whole perpetual cycle of ignorance,” says Pertelle Gilmore, executive director of the B.U.C.K. Squad, which sponsored the community field day. “We can put them in a position where they can be prosperous and healthy, and be the rightful rulers of their circumstance and condition.”

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