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Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Isabella DiAmore spent time with Danny’s mom, Ms. Candy, for an inside look at the Daniel E. Rumph II Foundation and all she gives back to her community.

We encourage you to check out DiAmore’s story here, as well as all the other Inquirer coverage throughout the weekend. Here’s an excerpt from, “Rumph Classic: Some call her Grandma, most know her as Ms. Candy, and she’s Germantown’s superwoman”:

Her first foster child, whom she later adopted, bounced between foster homes and is now 20. Owens took him in at age 12. Previous foster parents told her that he had emotional problems, that he would never graduate from high school, and would be incarcerated by age 16.

But that’s not what Owens saw. She saw a child who had been neglected, who didn’t know if he was allowed to come out of his bedroom or eat food from the refrigerator without asking for permission. There were hard times, Owens said, but she didn’t give up.

“He did graduate high school, he’s never been locked up, and he’s working a very good job right now as a server and bartender in Ambler,” she said. “People look at him and [say], ‘I can’t believe you’re the same person.’ He was a handful — they all are, even the ones that don’t have problems. Now, he’s so polite — he grew into a whole different person.”