Pointe of pride

What if the best treatment a doctor can provide is a job? A local nonprofit shows what it means to go the extra mile for patients

by J. Adrian Stanley

First came drugs and alcohol. Addiction gripped 15-year-old Jennifer Given like a vise, but that was just part of what would rule her life for nearly two decades. The rest of her misfortune came knocking a year later, when she met the…

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Pointe of pride

What if the best treatment a doctor can provide is a job? A local nonprofit shows what it means to go the extra mile for patients

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