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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2004 : Community Articles

I Can Do It
by Jane V., Bedford, NY
     Among the many emotions surrounding the horror witnessed and experienced on September 11, 2001, it was the feeling of helplessness that seemed to linger for weeks and months.
Continue... 		Mitzvah Makers
by Michelle P., New City, NY
     Last year I was involved in a program called Mitzvah Makers through the Jewish Community Center and devoted many hours to helping all kinds of people. I decided to start a local Meals on Wheels program, which collects food and delivers it to housebound people.
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T.O.P.S.
by Jordan D., Cumberland, RI
     I've played soccer my whole life, and that's how my service to the community began. Enclosed with the recreational soccer forms that arrive every year was a notice asking for volunteers to help children with disorders.
Continue... 		You Must Be An Angel
by Katie C., Ft. Collins, CO
     Even though it was only 5 p.m. it was already dark outside. I was wearing a heavy jacket but my nose was red and my ears numb. There was a slight breeze and I couldn't wait to get inside.
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