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NCSS sets the stage to address poverty in Newton County
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Poverty Awareness Session presenters Jennifer Williams, from left, Dashe’ Frieson, Karen Dozier and Angela Cameron present information to help bring awareness to local poverty. (Duane Ford | The Covington News)
The Newton County School System (NCSS) sponsored the first of two poverty awareness sessions Feb. 14. Anyone interested in learning more about poverty in the community, its impacts on fellow citizens and children, as well as a new community-wide initiative aimed at helping people navigate through the situation of poverty are invited to the second session at 10 -11:30 a.m., March 3 in Porter Performing Arts Center, 144 Ram Drive. At the session, Samantha Fuhrey, NCSS superintendent, noted that those who are not in poverty generally do not understand the challenges and reasons behind the