U Magazine, Fall 1986

Mary Dolan helps St. Jude students with a reading assignment.

Reaching out and touching young lives

By John Sutherland

I tis not one of San Diego's palm– lined, red-tiled roofed neighborhoods you see in slick magazine ads. Neglected homes and yards dot the landscape. Graffiti covers fences, walls and bus benches. Cars roar through residential side streets. But this Southeast San Diego neighborhood near 38th Street is not without hope.

Tidy, well-kept homes stand out from their less fortunate neighbors. A man ambling down the street stops to chat with a neighbor, a longtime acquaintance from the sound of their voices. Children laugh and play at recess, happy in their schoolyard games. It is in neighborhoods like this one that USD and its students are making a difference. The students are volunteers who help

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