Bobby Holley Awards New Bikes to 12 More Needy Kids
Bobby Holley’s latest mission to help the community is the get brand new bikes into the hands of needy kids, aged 7-11. All Battle Creek kids need to do to qualify is take a few minutes to write an essay on “Why I Need a Bike.”
He started a few months ago, collecting bottles and cans to raise money. Lately, the entertainer and community activist has been seen at busy intersections and shopping centers singing for donations.
So far, none of the essays will win a Pulitzer Prize, but that’s not the point. Writing can be a lot like riding a bike. Everybody has to climb on a bike for the first time, and it can be scary, but once you make that leap, well, you know what they say, “it’s like riding a bike.” Writing is much the same, and it’s a skill that may be more important than ever, with the internet and social media in the pocket of every citizen. People who learn to write well, and tell stories, ar
The latest count at Starr now shows about 50 are being cared for at the facility. Starr has a capacity ceiling of 224 kids. So far, only boys have been housed at Starr.
Starr In Albion Still Home For Some Migrant Kids wkmi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkmi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last week I saw Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley testify via Zoom in front of the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Committee. He was specifically asked about the current approximately 100 unaccompanied illegal alien children housed at the Starr Commonwealth Emergency Intake Site (EIS) outside of Albion Michigan.
He was asked the following question by a member of that committee: Sheriff Hinkley, in your testimony, you outlined a few challenges that you have been confronted with in Michigan as a result of housing immigrant children at Starr Commonwealth. The Biden Administration has opened several Emergency Intake Sites like this in order to help the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) deal with the influx of unaccompanied children coming to the southern border this year.