The bottom line with me is what is best for those children and what is best for that community.

Those that do reinvest in the community are more likely to become successful.

It's not just a city thing, it's a whole community effort.

Their children are finally having their voice. They feel they have to speak for an entire community that doesn't have a voice. And that's what I found so beautiful.

It is beautifying our city. It is helping children in our community so that they can be proud of where they live and therefore, hopefully, they'll go to school with a good attitude. It's just rebuilding back our community so that where anybody lives they can feel proud. It's going to take a little while to do that, but I just really believe that Quincy is going to be a model city.

We wanted a community activity where everyone in town would read one book and we wanted the children to be involved.