Free After school programs at Cleveland’s recreation centers help steer kids away from crime

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – More than 1,000 kids took the pledge against gun violence at 20 rec centers across Cleveland.

Joe Wise has been a youth coach at Michael J. Zone for more than a decade.

“We have had some young men who have seen fatalities firsthand,” Coach Joe said. “Have seen people get shot, have been witness to somebody shooting at someone that they were with, and because you were with them, you got shot at. You live through that, and now you get to tell the story to other kids that that’s not any place to be.”…

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