Members of the Teens With Dreams program at St. Brendan’s Church showed their devotion to their neighborhood when they hit the streets at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 to clean graffiti and grime in the area surrounding the church.
Teens in the program meet every Friday and plan events throughout the year. The graffiti cleaning event was part of the St. Brendan’s feast celebration at the church.
Virginia Tavarez (not pictured), 22, has been a member of Teens With Dreams since she was 14, and says the teens in the group are like a family, and they often plan events to help the community “We are like brothers and sisters,” said Tavarez. “We are always there for each other.”
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