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' _ ~ - ’ "at locally Catholic students, who esconed Rob , , . t , f} .l _ - [he truth is that the homelessyotiili o! it llll‘ i: , (l . * , ens as he pushed his syn‘lhtillt‘ shopping canto row could be a teen sitting lllt hes ill\ at t» >tl.l\ ‘ / I ' ' St, Benedict high school. raised thousands ofdolr This is was the alarming dose ol realm slim-i1 f ’ . r“ , l ‘ lats for the cause. by anil'litlmk‘lt'ssnt’ss at mist Joe lirlllt‘ll\ ill it t J - ' ‘ I For Robens, howesen the real benefit of the . passionrdriven message to lotiil I tillilllll sill \: v tour can'tbe valued in com ctirrenty dents gathered at Rt Heiiedittt .itliolii \t‘rrrllll V . He hopes newly raised awareness will an School last Hid.“ if i i t g .‘ :‘7- i empower young generations to make a title And Robens should kilo“ lli-‘s llt‘i‘ll llll'li i . i l 4 I l _ ference Within their own peer group, biit also lite 5()ryearrold is retogiit/etl Ir it his i lllllllrll ,' , ‘ ' ‘ ‘ t I ' keep atvrisk youths from heading (limit a path mem to eitding youth l]i\lllt’lt'\slll‘\s .is out til ’3 “' T 3 ' t . ‘ towards homelessness by never doubting their his cross-country [he Push llll ( llilllgt‘\\r1lhlllLL ‘ i ; ‘ own potential tour and for liis sin ci-ss as one ol tlll‘ toritrtr\\ " _ j ”Inside each and every one of these stu~ most gamerchanging entrepreneurs r a: a) 3 dents in this auditorium today is an unlimited. But at the age of l’». Roberts “as homeless l”, "q" 2, , l untapped possibility of potential," he said. "I Emotionally suit lillllllllll, lo lillllll\ r tlllllltt Homeless teen turned successful businessman Joe Roberts brought his The Push For Change tour want them leaving here believing and intemalr and his stepfather's i’tlllilit; \Hilil\ he tlll ipiii-il to Waterloo Region last Friday to help raise funds and awareness to end youth homelessness. izing and personaliiing that idea that they could out of school, lell into .i llii' ol i nine illltl drugs ””U'mx" ”‘0'" do anythingwith their lives ” and spent years ll\'lng on lllt' silt’t‘ls, pihllllilé a the realities of youth homelessness. and the is that even good students from good families The entrepreneur turned social activist is shopping can in easiVant outer lttlI'llIHH] reasons youths end up there. can end up leaving home, "couch surfing" in hopeful his powerful messages and personal - Rubens was one ill the lllt k\ ones though i or him. il was trouble at borne. homes that mil take them in. oftentimesopening story will have the same lasting impact on stua crossing paths will a ll'\\ pm llllt‘ \\ lllt \i1\\ our “1 run one of those statistics" explained Rob» the door to unsavoury life choices. dents as his hero Terry Fox. who set out to cross his broken exterior to see his possibilities pm ‘ l was one of 67 per of young people who in help students understand the impact of Canada to raise money for cancer research. He was able to in t t‘\\ lllt' .lllilll llilll\ help i-xpeneiir'e homeless due to familyconflictt' that reality, Roberts challenged students to look For Saint Teresa otCalcutta Catholic Elmer)» he needed. “1"“ h.“ 1‘ l” ‘l l" “l and “WT ”it To litit the dnvers behind youth homelessness to their left and to their right at the youths seated tary School students Sarah Comes and Daniel build a highh sun l's\llll ritulutrimlm («Millions “in 1m Indy mugs such as feelings ofinadequat‘y nex1totherri Dombrovsky Roberts' visit was a moment of making “1‘ “N ”HUN“ (““1“ A? do 4? He told and inset'unty. social influences. addictions and “Now imagine that person beside you not pride. his story in a hunk, skill lion 1 l t l ”1mm health ”meg hayinga place togo at the endoithe day-f As members of their school's social and his ”WW kl“ im‘l‘l" MW“ ll“ 1”“ “MW“ Mil Roberts said when he looks back, he now Establishing this personal connection to tice committee. they helped raised $500 for The students, lR't .itise lllt'i reminded llllll thew “its “hill/RN he let the entitisms and opinions ninth youth homelessness has been a mission for Push for Change, Both said Rohens' visit was more to him than it lll lllll‘ll‘ss thug iliitllt r \\llll ”Virgil“, mm, and theithreak him Rubens who is trekking across Canada push a Chance to make a local effort to help solve a "dirty ”Ml". “”‘l ”WW“ “will “i mm a really young age, I got the feelingthat ing a modified shopping cart to raise funds and idobal problem. > In his (llltlll'ss in llll‘ liriiirlrmls ill I rillll till “we,” worth it; ”3mm gtlldgnts' awareness. ”It's nice that we can be pan oii'hange." said students. 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