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Events

Gifts That Give Fair

The Joshua Group will be participating in this event at the Central Penn College Convention Center, Hill and Valley Rd., Summerdale, on November 15th from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Various local charities will be selling Christmas gifts to raise money.

Joshua Scholarship Breakfast

Continental breakfast on Thursday, November 20th, 8:00-9:00 am. Location: Greenlee Partners, 230 State St. RSVP to 717-236-4464.

Newsletters

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Press

RESCUING LIVES : Joshua Group provides home for at-risk boys

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

BY MARY KLAUS

Of The Patriot-News

A few years ago, Tyrell Harris was a high school dropout whose troubled background included selling drugs, joining a gang and street fighting.

Today, the Harrisburg teenager is a junior at Bishop McDevitt High School, where he gets good grades and is a Crusaders wide receiver and cornerback.

Within two years, he hopes to be a college student majoring in accounting.

"My life has changed," said Harris, 18, a resident of the Joshua Group house in Allison Hill. "I found the true me and am on a new level. I'm happy because I live here."

Harris, formerly of Philadelphia, credits the Joshua Group with turning his life around.

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