Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Homeless teen gets new home

Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a Long Island shelter for several days when they got word that the 17-year-old  aspiring marine biologist made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition.  She was given donations and the county she lives in was helping find rentable houses. She said at a news conference it was the most amazing thing that could happen.She also said they were all in tears after the county found them a home. She has applied to univesites like yale and brown but on new years eve her and her family were evicted from there house.

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