Five-year-old Look Ler Paw studied a cookie from a tray of holiday goodies brought by Thelma James. James sponsors Look’s family through a mentor-matching program the school district set up with her church, Arlington Hills United Methodist in Maplewood. “We teach them anything you can possibly imagine if you just arrived here — how to sort their mail, that’s the city bus, this is the police,” James said.
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