Every other weekend, students gather at Orion Academy in South Fairmount to hang out, play sports and spend time with mentors.
The gathering is more than just fun. It’s a program dedicated to keeping students away from violence.
“I just love coming here every Saturday,” Rah’lae Hawkins, an eighth grade student at Orion Academy, said about the Save the Streets Saturday program. “I like seeing everybody enjoying themselves and not being out there doing crime or anything like that, like I’m used to seeing in my neighborhood.”…