Child Poverty in Palo Alto? One High School Student Comments

A few weeks ago, Anna McGarrigle, a student at Palo Alto High School, came to our foundation’s office to inquire about data related to local child poverty. Her resulting opinion piece for the high school’s Campanile newspaper does a nice job of framing this issue for her fellow Silicon Valley students. Her article is a good example, too, of how data can be used to promote action, in this case encouraging students to volunteer to help area families that are less fortunate.

We thought others would appreciate seeing what Anna wrote:

Palo Alto Should Use Large Resources to Fight Poverty

Posted by Andy Krackov

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