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Teen Ink Magazine, December 2006 : Community Articles

Giving Thanks
by Brandon M., Newark, DE
      For the last three years, my family and I have volunteered on Thanksgiving Day at a retirement village that is home to a hundred residents. Many have little or no family so we act as their surrogate family.

We arrive around 8 a.m.
Continue... 		My Nursing Home Journey
by Anonymous, Mason, OH
      The monotonous droning of the machines spilled from the tiny rooms. Coughs and yells from the residents echoed throughout the corridor. The woman next to me seemed puzzled by a nurse’s simple command: “Maria, tie your shoes.
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The Other Side
by Kate W., Voorhees, NJ
      It was the week before Christmas, but things were far from cheery. Our mission was to deliver as many boxes of food as possible to those in need in one of America’s most dangerous cities: Camden, New Jersey.
Continue... 		Through the Laughter
by Cayce P., Mt. Juliet, TX
      Laughter echoed against the white walls,joyfully coloring the tiny room with bursts of pink smiles and brightshades of delight. Six of us sat around an oak table, each engaging inour own conversations in four languages that sounded like a crowdedmarket.
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