The Watoto Children’s Choir Brings African Children to the North Shore

Listening to the Watoto Children’s Choir, performing locally during the first week of March, is more than entertainment—it’s an education in beating the odds.   The choir is part of Watoto Child Care Ministries, an effort to raise thousands of children who have been orphaned by AIDS, war and other calamities into future leaders of […]

Kathy Deveny, Laura Lederer Teach Next Generation to Give Back

When Kathy Deveny saw a lightly clothed family in a Starbucks in the dead of winter, she immediately remarked to her kids: “I bet that family would really like some of your sweatshirts and sweaters that you don’t wear anymore.” She talked to the mother, got their address and took her kids home to start […]