They shop, dine together, take in a movie or go for a walk. Chris said that within two years of being in the Compeer Program, he was let out of what is now the Crestwood Children's Center. He entered a special-education class at School 5 in 1985. In February 1987, Chris was taken out of a special needs classes and enrolled into a traditional classroom program. He went onto Jefferson Middle School and is now at Marshall High School.
Some volunteers deal in thousands of dollars, hundreds of foodbaskets, dozens of lives touched.
Not Jose M. Fernandez. The 56 year-old retired Kodak chemist from Greece makes a difference with an audience of one. He is a pupil at School 22. He is slight, lightly freckled and dark-haired. He speaks as fast as he moves.