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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2002 : Community Articles

Canned Food Donations
     WhenI was nine years old, I saw a TV commercial about children who did not haveenough to eat and were starving. I wanted to do something to help, so I got outmy wagon and went up and down the street asking neighbors for canned fooddonations.
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Volunteering with Love Letters
     One summer morning,I watched "The Oprah Winfrey Show" with my mom. This episode wasdifferent, not featuring the usual celebrity discussing his or her new movie, butinstead "angels" who perform simple acts of kindness.
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Wheeled Meals
     MaryByrnes and I walked toward the meal hall where I would fulfill three hours of mycommunity service obligation.

No, I'm not some convict who has to docommunity service to repay my debt to society.
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