Taylor Ott It's hard to be a kid these days and it's more and more difficult to succeed with today's challenges. Taylor Ott is an extraordinary kid who is being raised by her grandparents. As good a job as many grandparents these days are doing raising their grandchildren when needed, it's not their job and it can be a struggle. On today's show we'll talk with Taylor Ott and her grandmother Rosalie Edwards about the life they share and the honor Taylor recently received after winning the "2008 Kinship Expression Contest" in Washington state. We'll talk with Shelly Willis of Kinship Care and find out what's being done to aid in this epidemic of grandparents raising grandchildren. For more information about Kinship Care, visit www.dshs.wa.gov/kinshipcare/index.shtml or www.childwelfare.gov/outofhome/types/kinship_programs.cfm
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Becca & Rachael
We'll also have Becca, 12, and Rachael, 25, in the studio throughout the hour as Lisa of Alexander's Studio cuts their hair for Locks of Love, an organization dedicated to providing hair and the hope of restored self-esteem and self-image to financially disadvantaged children suffering from hairloss. For more information about Locks of Love, visit www.locksoflove.org |
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