Grand Rapids Public Schools – GRPS, MI — Writing an essay about Rosa Parks brought Pearl McFall more than a $500 prize. It brought her to downtown Grand Rapids’ homeless haunts on Christmas Eve.
There she handed out 22 gift bags filled with warm socks and food to people stamping their feet in the deep snow and frigid air. While others were opening brightly wrapped packages in warm homes, Pearl handed out the bags on which she had spent more than $300 of her winnings.
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