On November 21, 2001 Amalia Barreda, a member of Boston's WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 newsteam, came to visit CHAMP House. While there, she videotaped interviews with members of the CHAMPs family for a segment which was aired the following evening on Thanksgiving Day, 2001.

WCVB-TV News Co-anchor, David Muir: "It is a special Thanksgiving tonight at a place called CHAMP House in Hyannis. At one time a nursing home, it now nurtures adolescents who have escaped from painful family situations, even if it means winding up on the streets. It was opened up by a couple who say they could no longer turn their back on the homeless problem, especially when it comes to children. Amelia Barreda has the story."

Amaila (Strolling down School Street in Hyannis with Lucas Rozene): "What do you think CHAMP House has done for you?"

Lucas Rozene: "So far, I've gotten a job. I have a steady job, which is kind of an accomplishment. I don't have any parents, but Paul and Carolyn are like parents, kind of, now. I've only known them for like a month, and it already seems like they really care. They really do."

Paul Hebert (filmed in the CHAMP House office, on the telephone):" Hi, Gloria? Paul Hebert?"

Amalia (voice over CHAMP House scenes): "Paul and Carolyn Hebert are the people Lucas Rozene and many other teenagers now consider parents. The Heberts came to the Cape so that Paul could take a job as a chef. They wound up founding CHAMP House nearly a dozen years ago; the first home in Hyannis to take in adolescents, funded entirely by donations."

Paul Hebert (sitting in an interview with off-camera Amalia): "To know that somebody's hungry, or cold, or sleeping curled up next to a building or the foundation of a house, how--that's my big question--how could we not do what we're doing?"

Jonathan McCarthy (sitting face-to-face with off-camera Amalia): "Life's getting better by the day. I mean, right now I go to school."

Carolyn Hebert (in Jonathan's room, reviewing a report card): "Algebra? Congratulations!"

Amalia (voice over house scenes): "What they are really doing is giving a home to teens like Jonathan McCarthy; at 19, a veteran of foster homes and city streets. It is the same story for 21-year-old Michael Enos."

Amalia, to Michael: "You find some comfort here?"

Michael: "Yes, I do."

Amalia: "You feel at home here?"

Michael: " Yes, I do."

Carolyn Hebert (voice over house scenes): "Paul has often said that if you look quick you might miss the program here because it's so simple. It's one of support, of giving the message loud and clear that somebody is wanted and loved."

Amaila (outdoors on School Street, across the street from CHAMP House): "With the need ever greater, the Heberts are now applying for grants to open up this house and another one across the street and hopefully have them ready by next year. One of them will take in children as young as 12."

(The camera moves inside to show Michael making his bed) "There are rules and chores and standards for behavior."

(The scene shifts to Amalia and Lucas, as they stroll down School Street)

"That's okay for young Lucas, who--after years of foster homes, drugs, and the wrong crowd-- very much looking forward to this Thanksgiving day."

Amalia, to Lucas: "Is CHAMP House something to be thankful for?"

Lucas: " I'm thankful for another chance. That's what it seems to me."

Amalia: "Is that what they've given you?"

Lucas: " Yeah. Definitely."

Carolyn Hebert (voice over hallway scenes): "I see people who are nodding off in front of the TV here, and I know that they're in a warm, safe place. I'm very grateful for that this exists."

Amalia (signing off): "Amalia Barreda, NewsCenter 5, Hyannis."

WCVB-TV News Co-anchor, Liz Brunner: Thankful for people like the Heberts.

David Muir: Yeah. I think it was Jonathan there who said that life's getting better every day because of them.

Liz Brunner: Because of them. Terrific?