Homeless Teen Becomes Science Semifinalist

Brentwood, New York - A teenager and her family, who became homeless at the beginning of the year, will soon be able to live in a home again in ten days.

After Samantha Garvey won a semifinalist position in a national Intel science competition, her family was offered a home for rent that will be subsidized by officials in Long Island county.

She says about the event "I never expected this much attention. This is amazing!"

An anonymous donor offered to take care of kenneling and vaccination her dog, a pit bull named Pulga. Initially she feared Pulga would be euthanized in a shelter.

Samantha is one of 61 students from Long Island and one of 300 national semifinalists who have a chance to win the prize of 100-thousand dollars. Her project was about the effects of predators on ribbed mussels.

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