Free Music Lessons Strike A Chord For At-Risk Kids [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 12/17/154:00 AM

Saginaw, Mich., is one of those places where economic recovery has been slow to arrive. The city has been hit hard over the years by factory shutdowns. Unemployment is high. And people have left, by the thousands.

Now, residents John and Katrina Vowell are trying to help turn things around — with music.

The couple says they love Saginaw, despite its many problems, which include high poverty, drugs and drive-by shootings.

The city doesn't look that bad — there are tidy, modest homes, small fenced-in yards and some new restaurants and luxury apartments.

[For more of this story, written by Pam Fessler, go to http://www.npr.org/2015/12/16/...ord-for-at-risk-kids]

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