Sunday, March 4, 2012

Tying it all together: teens learn the correlation between outer and inner greatness.(EVERYDAY HERO)(Alex O. Ellis)

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"GROWING UP. I ASSUMED EVERYONE CAME FROM THE same environment where your father teaches you how to shave, shine your shoes, and tie a tie," says Alex O. Ellis, a custom clothier. "But as I met other people, I saw that everyone doesn't come from that same experience, so there needs to be intervention."

Determined to help fill that void, Ellis established Tied to Greatness (www.tiedtogreatness.org), a national self-image improvement program based in New Jersey that brings at-risk, inner-city high-school males together with professional men from the community to help the teens realize the importance of their image and encourage them to …

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