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Archive Home > 2009 > December > 07 > Helping kids learn by helping families live

Helping kids learn by helping families live

Julie Tapia and her family were having a difficult time getting by in Medford, living on $60 a week from selling plasma. They returned to Bend, where there were familiar faces ... and the Family Access Network, which has helped them get back on their feet

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
December 7, 2009

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of four stories about Central Oregon families in need. Each week The Bulletin will profile a family and a nonprofit that is lending people a helping hand during the holiday season.

It wasn’t so long ago that Julie Tapia and her....

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