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Reena Rose Sibayan / The Jersey Journal
JERSEY CITY, NJ, JULY
19, 2006 -- Monifah Davis, 10, colors in a drawing
of an octopus during
the seventh annual Chalkfest at Exchange Place to
benefit the York Street
Project. Established in 1989, the Jersey City-based
York Street Project
provides education, job training, early childhood
education and daycare,
and affordable housing for homeless and
economically
disadvantaged women and children.
Peter Garcia, 9, gets down
and busy with his chalk drawing.
Pat Dickey, right, a Jersey City-based artist, helps Keyanta
Smith, 6,
left, and Travone Coleman, 4, color in a drawing of a whale.
Eighteen-month-old Zamaya Wilson enjoys an
Italian ice after making chalk drawings.
Carmen Rivera, a teacher at the Nurturing Place, dances with one
of her wards,
eight-month-old James Wolfe in a radio station-sponsored
contest for the kids during the Chalkfest.