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UPDATED: Circles co-founder attends local launch

Editor's note: This is the last in a five-part series about the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy and the participants whose life it is changing.

by Shawn Jeffords

Scott Miller isn't a beach person.

The co-founder of the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy spent his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife in Hawaii, a place he'd long wanted to visit.

"Towards the end of the trip I couldn't wait to get back," recalled Miller, who was in Sarnia for the official launch of Circles on Tuesday.

When he...

Sarnia Observer: Some Squaring the Circle

POVERTY: Anti-poverty program first in Canada

by Shawn Jeffords (article link)

Editor's note: This is the first in a five-part series about the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy and the participants whose lives it is changing. Lambton County is the first Canadian municipality to launch Circles, which has had considerable success in the U. S.

Crystal Fach struggles under the weight.

The 29-year-old mother of two boys stands in the middle of a circle of people in a south-end church basement, smiling...