PART 16

A year after the courtroom hearing, we gathered at the community room to review the program’s first full annual report.

Marvin had printed the figures in large type so everyone could read them without squinting.

Dozens of grocery deliveries, hundreds of volunteer hours, regular homework sessions, and a small reserve for emergencies.

None of the numbers would impress a national foundation.

Each represented a person who had been able to count on someone.