http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_860_Richard_Gardner.mp3 A former gang member reaches out to his fellow young fathers. Also, a seamstress stays busy during college football season. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_860_Richard_Gardner.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_860_Richard_Gardner.mp3 <h4>New Father, New Life<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/47a6ec8e56004a655d2918255d6ebbf3" alt="dad young" height="100" width="100" />Richard Gardner</p><p>Among the many Americans searching for jobs are young, first-time fathers. Richard Gardner of Chicago says when he learned that his girlfriend was pregnant, he immediately stopped hanging out with gang members and found work as an evening janitor. Now he's attending nursing school and reaching out to other young fathers. Dick Gordon talks to him about how being raised in a two-parent home didn't deter him from gang life and what sacrifices he's made to be a positive example to his three-year-old son Richard Jr. <br /></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.metrofamily.org/programs-and-services/parent-development/default.aspx" target="_self">Learn more</a> about Metropolitan Family Services, a group that helped Richard.<br /></li></ul><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a><br /><br /><h4>Looking Good on the Football Field</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/8baa80ac25764b48afa7d165bf89b532" alt="UNC seamstress" height="100" width="100" />Christie Harper</p><p>College football season is underway, and while most of us spend our time watching the players on the field, Christie Harper is looking at something else: the uniforms.<br /></p><p>Christie was a stay-at-home mom when a plum work-from-home job fell into her lap: to be the team seamstress for the University of North Carolina football team. From patching up ripped jerseys, to sewing 250 new patches during Bowl season, to making a Tar Heel blue Santa outfit for the coach, Christie tells Dick she never knew what deadline she'd be up against to help the team look, and play, its best. <br /></p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a><br /><br /> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00