A Community Steps Forward – Antwaun Fischer UPDATE
Great news out of Dayton, Ohio from one of the Do1Thing homeless youth featured in People Magazine
Sinclair officials see homeless 19-year-old in ‘People’, offer scholarship
Reprinted from The Dayton Daily News.
DAYTON — While living on the streets, 19-year-old Antwuan McCoy would walk through the night listening to jazz on his iPod, too afraid to sleep.
“I’d keep myself up just until daytime would come, when I know I’d be safe,” said the teen, who found himself homeless last year after he left home following a dispute with his mother. 
McCoy now lives in an apartment at Daybreak, the Miami Valley’s only emergency youth shelter and a transitional housing program for young adults.
He just appeared in People magazine, which spotlighted him and other homeless teens from across the country who had been photographed for the Do 1 Thing project to raise awareness of homelessness.
McCoy’s picture, printed in black and white, caught the eye of officials at Sinclair Community College. Spokeswoman Natasha Baker said they are giving a scholarship to the 2008 Patterson Career Center graduate, who had been one of the leaders of the Respected Young Businessmen of Tomorrow club at his high school.
McCoy, who said he apologized to his mother and visits her on weekends, is thankful for the help he has received and hopes that sharing his story will help other homeless teens.
“Most people think they’re all alone but someone’s always watching,” he said. “As you can see, someone was watching me.”
