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T.E.A.R.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.
P.O. BOX. 35742
LOS ANGELES, CA. 90035
phone: (323)-876-6619
fax: (323)512-3831
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/Tinternational
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/Tinternational
TEARSINTERNATIONAL@angelfire.com
Welcome to some of the victories stories about T.E.A.R.S.'S clients, just to name a few. We are looking for volunteers with Executive background and love children. Here is how you can get in touch with T.E.A.R.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC. First view some of our stories. T.E.A.R.S. has provided burial funds for families such as: The Venson, The Jones, The Williams, he Peterson, The Swancys, The Browns, The Youngs, just o name a few.
T.E.A.R.S. has provided supplemental financial assistance and medical supplies to such families as: The Rodriguez, The Morales, The Cartlons, The Harrison, The Coles, The Cortz, Kuhen, just to name a few.
PRESIDENT CLINTON HOSTS VICTIM 14 year-old C. Rodriguez was shot. She talk about how she and her older sister Nancy Rodiguez had gone outside their family apartment in South -Central Los Angeles to pick up mail when she heard shots. About how she woke up in the hospital a few days later to learn she was paralyzed. Doctors said at the time the bullet had servered her spinal cord and damaged a kidney. After C. Rodriguez was released from the hostipal, she said she felt that her life was over. She had dreamed of being a model-a dream she concluded could probably never be ralized from a wheelchair. "at first when I got shot. I thought, 'my life's over; but I met lots of other [paralyzed] people who are working and I started feeling better, she said. Now she talks about graduating from high school and becoming a computer programmer. But then she stopped and said that, if I cold talk to Clinton, she would ask him to "try to do something for the youths....He should put them to work so they won't be doing things they shouldn't be doing. "GIRL TURNS TRAGEDY INTO TRIUMPH". T.E.A.R.S. International, Inc. made her dream come true. President-Elect Bill Clinton, invited C. Rodriguez to participate in Inauguration ceremonines thrughout the week. T.E.A.R.S. International and other sponsors help with clothing, transportation, hotel, fund for her family and a special wheelchair.
"GANG VIOLENCE LEAVES FAMILY DESTITUE WHEN THREE-YEAR CHILD IS SHOT"
Mrs. Morales had no idea what tragedy was in store for her the afternoon of January. While making a phone call outside of the post office at 7th and Burlington Avenue in Los Angees. Mrs. Morales and her three year-old son R. Morales were suddenly caught in the middle of a gang shoot-out. When the violence finally ended, R. Morales had been struck in the head by a stray bullet while in his mother's arms. R. Morales lies in he Children's Hospital in critical condition with an inoperable bullet lodged in his head. He will undergo surgery today to try and rpair some of the damage caused by the injury. The family was in process of moving to a new apartment in the same neighborhood but now they are afraid to return because of the violence. T.E.A.R.S. Intenational found them a new apartment elsewhere, and set up "A BABY MORALES TRUST FUND", Mrs. Morales said it was a miracle. GOD Bless the T.E.A.R.S. Foundation.
PARENTS THANKFUL YOUNG SON ALIVE
11 year-old was set ablaze by gang member will undergo skin graf today. A slender blue tube shoved into his right nostril is pumping and oatmeal-colored liquid breakfast into his stomach. On his hospital table, a tray of french toast and sausage sits unopened. M. Cortez, 11, hasn't eaten soild food in nearly a week. He hasn't had an appetite since a 14-year-old gang member allegedly threw him on the ground, soaked him with rubing alcohold, and set him ablaze with a lighter. "He was a happy boy, "said his father, Mr. Cortez, 33. "Right now he's very depressed and has no kind of high spirits. After his released from the hospital, T.E.A.R.S. International requested an invitation to the WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG HUNT. M. Cortez received a special invitation fom President Clinton to attend, while he was there he tour WASHINGTON D.C. for a week and enjoyed ever moment.
"SHE BACKS ASSAILANTS, THEIR PREY"
LOS ANGELES-When bullets fly in drive-by shooting, Gigi Greene's heart grows heavy for those who pull the triggers as well as those struck down by gunfire. "The bottom line to understanding gang members is that they are victims too. said Greene, founder/president of T.E.A.R.S. International, Inc. (To Educate All Responsible Societies). Although Greene's foundation focuses basically on helping the victims and their families to on with their lives, she has not forgotten the original mission of her group. T.E.A.R.S. started in 1990 a non-profit foundation to curb gang violence through community activities and gang reconciliation. Instead of giving up on the gang members who cause much of pervasive violence that plagues the Southside and in other areas of the world . Greene' said. "I have also found out that victims have to be comfortable and you have to work on them spiritually and you have to show them that you care, "she said. In most drive-by shootings somebody gets hit, but often the intended victim goes unharmed and an innocent bystander takes the bullet. Greene's foundation also provides referral services to legal and psychological assistance for childern and their families. Frequently Greene visit the burial plots of shooting victims whose relatives she has assisted. On a recent warm summer morning she took time out to visit the grave of Southside resident in Los Angeles, Ca., Reginald Moore, 23 who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting earlier this year. Greene said, funds are needed and donations to continue their on going services. Greene and staff expect to begin holding community meeting at several parks in South Los Angeles. She said the meetings will combine the seriousness of a gang-community summit with carnival atmosphere of a country fair and looking for it to become a master working plan throughout the world, however we need all of concerns to help no matter who you are, "ONLY TOGETHER CAN WE MAKE THAT CHANGE". The childern are our future, something we can not change, so lets make them safe.
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