Mike Gaines

If the kids in this picture look familiar, Michael Gaines wants to speak to you. One thing: the picture is close to 39 years old.

Via Amy at The New Service, I found this intriguing story about Mike Gaines, a former VISTA volunteer.

His job was being Big Brother to a group of African-American and Puerto Rican kids in the neighborhood.
“Most of them were between 7 and 10 years old,” he said.
“I helped them with their homework, talked to them about their problems. On the weekend, we would pay the dime to get on the subway and go to museums.”

Mike wants to know if he’s made a difference - and has been looking for anyone he worked with in 1968-9 to hear about their lives. The story’s about a month old, but there’s no update - so let us - and Mike - know if you have any leads!