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Brooklyn Freer has never been much of a talker. Her mom had to pry just to hear about her day, she hated to talk about her feelings, and she didn’t like school that much.  So when she had to transfer from a private school to Pine Trail Elementary in Ormond Beach for the third grade, her mom was worried. Thanks to Brooklyn’s teacher Jenny Haney, she soon realized she didn’t need to be. “She’s so different now,” said her mom, Alexis Freer. “She’s saying stuff that I can’t believe is coming from her. She’s grown up so much just from the short time she’s been with (Mrs. Han...

The Daytona Beach News-Journal Give Christmas to the forgotten My grandmother loved Christmas. She enjoyed decorating, going shopping and giving presents. Towards the end of her life, she had to live in an assisted living facility. My mother would go visit her often. During the holidays, my mother would decorate her room and even set up a small Christmas tree for my grandmother. My mother would notice that the other residents of the assisted living facility did not have decorations and definitely not a tree. Most of them did not even get visitors.  During the holidays, organizations, groups,...