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A Calling for Kids

Rick Koca was one year shy of retiring from a 30-year career in the U.S. Navy when he found his true calling: providing runaway youths with food, clothing, and, perhaps most important, an open mind and a sympathetic ear.

In 1990, spurred by a television segment on homeless kids in San Diego, Mr. Koca founded StandUp for Kids, an Atlanta...

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