Thursday, August 13, 2020

Fishing helps boys catch a dream

Carmen Garner grew up in the "hood" in Washington, D.C. He never went outside as a child, "because people get shot out there," except when his cousin's boyfriend took him fishing. "I remember every single time I went fishing as a kid," he says.  Today Garner is a teacher at Shepherd Elementary School, and when he received his economic stimulus check, he used it to create a non-profit that allows him to take children from struggling neighborhoods fishing.


Garner remembers, "I said, why not spend the money on something that's going to benefit kids. I was that kid on the step waiting for someone to come and pick me up! Now that's what I'm going to be doing. I'm going to be picking these kids up.




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