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CHA has grand send-off for 150 college-bound students at annual event | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Harvard-bound student goes from Harvard Ave. to Harvard U. About 150 public housing residents heading off to college for the first time were bid a fond farewell this week – and given complimentary dorm room supplies – in CHA’s 2020 curbside edition of the annual “Take Flight College Send-Off.” About 100 soon-to-be college students received their bag of […]

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