It hasn't hit me yet that I won't be seeing them every day. It's sad, but it's also exciting. I just want them to experience so many things right now so when we're not here they can do it without us.

I have seen an overall attitude change in all of them. Some of them have gone from being really negative and not wanting to do their homework, to coming in and being happy and doing their homework without me making them.

The fact that 100 percent of these kids want to go to college is huge. Two years ago that was not the case.

Our Web site gets thousands of hits a day and we receive hundreds of orders a month. There are only about 20 companies like this in the United States and I believe we're the only one in Massachusetts.

I knew if we came in and had our best day, we would be in the hunt. For the most part, the girls came out strong and this is our reward.

Day laborers are more vulnerable because they are highly visible.