Union Rescue Mission, The Way Home

URM on CNN! One Inspirational Teenager!

by robin on Thursday, June 25th, 2009, Filed Under General, The Latest | View Comments

Many inspiring individuals have found refuge at Union Rescue Mission, including 17 year-old, Kenneth Chancey. Currently staying on the Mission’s 5th floor, this high-achieving and diligent young man is determined to change his circumstances.  He’s got his eyes locked on the road to a brighter future, starting with Harvard University.

Taken from the CNN.com story – Click here for the full story

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Kenneth Chancey, 17, walks down the littered streets of Skid Row, one of the roughest areas of Los Angeles. Drug deals are made around him. A man screams at his girlfriend. The stench of the place is overwhelming.

Chancey keeps his head down and tries to tune it out. “It’s kind of horrible,” he says, as he escorts his 14-year-old sister, Stephanie, through it all.

But Chancey is on another journey too, one that not many of his friends know about. An honors student and star football player, he hopes to go from being homeless to becoming a Harvard grad.

Check out the Kenneth Story from Skid Row