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KOB: 'Night Shift' actor partners with school program


Brendan Fehr plays Dr. Drew Alister in NBC's popular medical drama “The Night Shift”, which is shot at Albuquerque Studios.

However, on his off-time, he enjoys golf -- not at some exclusive L.A. golf resort for the elite but here at the beautiful Isleta Eagle Golf Course near Albuquerque, a place he calls home.

"This feels so much more like home than L.A. ever did both to me and my family," Fehr said.

Now he's combining his love for golf with his passion for education and helping children.

"I was going to be a math teacher before I ended up doing this whole acting business so kids and education was always a big priority with me," he said.

Fehr recently jumped on board with the brand new Shine School Partnership headed by Lisa Fuller.

"Fourty-two percent of single parent homes live in poverty in APS,” Fuller said. “We can't allow the kids in New Mexico to continue to be in this condition, we have to come together and do something"

New for the 2016 school year, Shine has struck an agreement with Albuquerque Public Schools to go into schools and provide assistance.

"We say what do you need? How can we help?" Fuller said.

The non-profit will then customize anything from: after school programs, to food assistance to teacher support.

"We don't want to come in as Santa Claus and throw a bunch of money at them and say, there problem solved. We want to come in a just kind of embed ourselves in that community in that school and family and be part of it on an ongoing basis," said Fehr.

As far as Fehr is concerned, he hopes everyone comes together to help kids.

"Just to give to this city that I've grown to love and to the kids in it - I've got 3 of my own who are in public school in APS," he said.

While Shine is affiliated with New City Church in Albuquerque, Fuller says the organization has agreed to provide non-religious support in accordance with Albuquerque Public Schools criteria.

Source: KOB.com


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