Faasino i le vaega o loo i lalo ma tali le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava lea e tasi e pei o le vaega:  Talaaga: O Gardner o se tagata agalelei e lagolagoina le tele o faalapotopotoga fesoasoani, aemaise lava le Cara Program ma le Glide Memorial United Methodist Church i San Francisco, lea na maua ai e ia ma lona atalii se fale e manaʻomia tele. Na ia fesoasoani e faatupe se poloketi e $50 miliona i San Francisco lea e fausia ai ni fale mo ē e itiiti a latou tupe maua ma maua ai ni galuega i le vaipanoa o le aai lea sa leai ai sona fale. E lē gata i le foaʻi atu o tupe, ae ua foaʻi atu foʻi e Gardner lavalava ma seevae. E avanoa o ia mo fesoasoani tumau i le mauaina o galuega, fautuaga i galuega ma aoaoga mo galuega mo tagata e leai ni fale ma nuu e lamatia i Chicago. Faapaiaina i le manuia o tamaiti e ala i le auai lelei o matua, o Gardner o loo auauna atu i le laupapa a le National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI). O ia foʻi o se sui o le komiti faʻafoe o le National Education Foundation ma lagolagoina lua faʻailoga faʻaletausaga aʻoaʻoga: le National Education Association's National Educational Support Personnel Award ma le American Federation of Teachers 'Paraprofessionals ma le Aʻoga-Fesoʻotaʻi Tagata Faʻailoga.  Fesili: O ai e foaʻi atu lavalava ma seevae?
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