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In the Suburbs: A holiday fairy tale right here in Fairfield
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Steven Gaynes
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Last Saturday, Dec. 19, our Fairfield University Bookstore team took part in one of the most wonderful holiday stories we could have ever imagined.
A young couple, Thomas Knowles and Mary-Megan Marshall stopped into the store right after their wedding on the Norwalk Green to visit and thank us for being the venue where they had their first date. But that was only part of this beautiful fairy tale.
Thomas and Mary-Megan attended and graduated from Fairfield University in 2012 having never known or met each other. Granted, that is certainly not unusual at a major university. But post-graduation, as each was searching for true and lasting love, their journey took them to the website Tinder, where they met for the first time.
“When folks go to prison for their crimes, they’re still punished once they come out of prison,” says Jeanice Hardy. “Society itself is not forgiving.”
Hardy is the regional director of family services for the YWCA in King County, Washington. Since 2011, YWCA Seattle King Snohomish, in partnership with the King County Housing Authority, has operated a unique housing project called Passage Point, which provides transitional housing for single parents who are being released from correctional facilities and seeking to reconnect with their young children. The complex includes 46 units of housing, with support services to help residents find work, rebuild relationships with their children, address mental-health challenges, and plan for permanent housing. Residents stay for up to two years. As of early December, according to Kristy Johnson, director of homeless housing initiatives for the King County Housing Authority, there were 97 residents at the Passage Point complex, inclu