This was WAY too long to keep my interest!
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Summary

The group home controversy has now spilled over into neighborhood of Voorhees. Some residents of Lake Villa Estates are very angry about the idea that they will be living near a group home for preteens with behavioral and emotional problems that they are planning to engage in a demonstration on Monday. The home was planned to be opened in four to six weeks for five children with ages between 8 and 12 who have emotional disabilities because of abuse and neglection. New Jersey MENTOR, a for-profit company, selected the Harvard Drive house and two homes in Cherry will without notifying neighbors, but because federal law considers group homes just like regular families, the company didn’t have to alert anyone. The public uproar in Cherry Hill was so fierce that the DCF delayed opening the group homes in the township’s Brookfield and Cherry Hill Estates section until they decided if the children would be welcomed and safe there. Don Gabardi, the neighbor who received the wrong letter, distributed fliers about the group home throughout Lake Villa Estates and at the nearby Edward T. Hamilton Elementary School. “ Nothing was resolved at all,” he said. “ I don’t know what kind of emotional problems these kids have. Another big concern is my property value. Nobody’s going to buy my house with that across the street.” “We hope that all residents will have an opportunity to discuss their issues with New Jersey MENTOR and DCF representatives," the DCF spokeswoman said.

Opinion

The actions that they are taking in Lake Villa Estates and the comments they made about the group home, really sickens me. These kids have been abused and neglected which is the reason why they have emotional and behavioral problems, and people are complaining about how their property value is going to go down? No one has any right to stop these kids from starting over a better life because you have no idea what they have been through. There is a hope that these kids can forget their painful memories and become a great person who will help other kids that have been through the same thing. Who gave others the right to judge them, and decide if they can or can’t live in their neighborhood? The residents in Lake Villa Estates are worried about the trouble they might cause, but the truth is, bad things happen everywhere and you can’t predict it. People can’t even walk a mile their shoes and they already made predictions that they are going to be a bad influence on their neighborhood. DCF is trying to do a great deed for kids that don’t have thing except for a dream, but selfishness has people taking wrong actions. They say you can truly see a someone’s personality in front of situations that involve money, and apparently some people care about money more than they care about kids with bruised minds. Well, I can tell you right now that one of these kid’s smile is worth more than anyone’s house property values. Before you judge others, and finding faults and weakness to speak off, you should go out and take a good, long walk around yourself.