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The kid's guide to service projects
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Barbara A. Lewis |
Describes a variety of opportunities for youngsters to participate in successful community service. |
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A life inspired
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Peace Corps (U.S.) |
Twenty-eight first-person stories, recount the unique experience of being a Peace Corps Volunteer. Compelling, inspiring, sometimes funny, often poignant, these stories represent the breadth of Peace… |
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Africa remembered
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Steve Clapp |
As a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1960s, Steve Clapp brought his skills as a reporter and photographer to Nigeria, where he taught English in a secondary boarding school for boys in Yola, the r… |
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Back to Pakistan
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Leslie Noyes Mass |
"Fifty years after living in a remote Pakistan village as a Peace Corps volunteer, Leslie Noyes Mass returns to discover a much-changed Pakistan-and a village that still remembers her. She deftly int… |
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Little moments big magic
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Beth Barrett,Alan Annis,Denice Riffey |
To commemorate the 100th birthday of Big Brothers Big Sisters, here are 100 touching, inspirational, even surprising and funny stories from a century of mentoring. This one-of-a-kind treasury is an i… |
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American Taboo
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Philip Weiss,Philip Weiss |
In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner — a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed tw… |
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The Kindness of Strangers
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Marc Freedman |
The Kindness of Strangers tells the story of a group of concerned adults who mentor inner-city youth. It describes what volunteers can do to ameliorate the conditions of young people living in povert… |
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Stand by Me
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Jean E. Rhodes,Jean E RHODES |
A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American a… |
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Community projects
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Cameron Yerian |
Suggests a number of ways youngsters can help their community, such as baby sitting for voters, cleaning up vacant lots, or publishing a list of comparative grocery store prices. |
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