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Article: Youth Corps Aims to Teach Lessons in Nature and Life
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- July 9, 1995
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For Ken Hollis, the open spaces and tall prairie grasses of Cook
County's Forest Preserves were a whole new world for him back in
1993.
And the south suburban Robbins resident has been back every
summer since.
"I was raised around the 'hood" and didn't know trees had names,
said Hollis, 22. "I thought a tree was a tree." The forest preserve
district "was a new atmosphere. It was like a new home to me."
Starting Monday; , Hollis will supervise and teach other mostly
inner-city teens and young men, ages 16 to 21, who have joined the
county's Youth Opportunity Corps.
The program, begun in 1992 with 50 youths, expanded to 125 this
year. It emphasizes the work ethic - and potential ...