Cookie Rolle passes out drinks during a Christmas party at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center on Thursday.
Cookie Rolle smiles as she announces the winner of a door prize at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center on Thursday.Some children in Avondale see people who have been shot and are still lying in the street bleeding while they walk to the school bus stop, Chris Rolle said.
“How do you go through a war zone and just shake it off?” said Rolle, who lives near the bus stop. “It’s ridiculous.”
Rolle and his wife, Dorothy “Cookie”, see what some of the children experience, and they have invested their own time and money to help by providing breakfast and a safe place for children to gather while waiting for the bus.
The couple will be among several people honored at the 10th annual citywide Kwanzaa celebration today.
Other honorees include Concerned Citizens for Justice, Dr. Elston McClain and Teryl James.