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Article: STRIDE RITE FUNDS HELPING STUDENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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When Kevin Joyce graduates from Harvard University next
month, he hopes to land his dream job: a $21,000-a-year post
teaching children with AIDS.
Ask why Joyce is choosing such work while many of his
classmates look for Wall Street jobs paying $50,000 a year to
start, and he says: "I wanted to do something I could be proud of .
. . something where I could make a difference."
The Harvard senior plans to do public service work thanks in
part to a corporate program that rewards students for making that
choice. The Stride Rite Public Service Program gives grants,
prizes, book allowances and work-study funds to students who
participate in public service activities, and incentive grants to ...