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BOB DOUGHTY:American teenagers also volunteer in many ways. Two girls from Illinois found an unusual way to make life more pleasant for sick and homeless people. Sarah Dynia and Bridget Regan love to sew. In late two thousand ten, they decided to make stuffed animals for people who just might need a cheerful gift. The girls took the resulting bears, cats and starfish to patients in nursing homes. They called their products “Stuffed Love.”
That experience was just the beginning. The girls made pillows and other things for military veterans at a treatment center and adults with developmental problems. This past December, they made five hundred stuffed animals. Sarah stayed up all night on the night before Christmas to finish the job. “Stuffed Love” was sent with turkey dinners that a local restaurant was providing for poor people.
The Chicago White Sox baseball team honored the girls’ efforts with an award for their volunteer work.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Every year, many people offer to find or document remains of lost societies and communities. These efforts take place across the world.For example, Forest Service experts and volunteers are working in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California. They are looking for information about pre-historic and historic settlements of native Californians.
This kind of work interests Steven Ortiz of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Every other year, he leads an archeological dig in Israel. The dig is at Tel Gezer, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Professor Ortiz directs the activities at Tel Gezer with Samuel Wolff, an Israeli archeologist.
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