"Thirty-four of the properties are in southeast Queens - an area still struggling to recover from the recent foreclosure crisis." "This is a hand up, not a hand out," said the group's CEO Neil Hetherington. "[The families] have gone from a situation of despair to one of hope." This article provides an example of how the haves can help the have nots, while the have nots take on responsibility. The Habitat for Humanity organization says they are a "hand up, not a hand out," as they require the low income families who are going to receive a house to work along side the volunteers for a certain amount of time.

"A child in poverty is more likely to live in poverty as an adult and to have children born into poverty. It is a statistic working against every child in poverty, but we can change it and make our entire community a better place." This article talks about the odds against children in poverty receiving a successful education. It urges the community to work together to help fill in the learning gaps for all children, enabling them to defeat the statistics working against every student in poverty.