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nts strive to build better community by lending

e·r time to benevolent causes and concerns

me. A limited, valuable the equivalency of working five moral of everyone involved,·
resource that cannot be days non-stop or 7,200 minutes, Young said .
redeemed once it has at Methodist Hospital where she Through her youth group,
IIXIIIId delivered newspapers to the sick freshman Andrea Holmberg
t by. While some students
l._ ... ,.._:.~ro1ru-tc: at parties and patients and helped put together volunteered at Temple Israel
out with their friends, others packets for the nurses. Cemetery where she cleaned up
ldlellcm ed their time to helping ·1 want to go into medicine, the streets, picked up trash, and
lllil:tess fortunate, or what they and I figured the best way to get gardened . She started out by
lfltwas a charitable cause by into it was to start volunteering at trying to meet the required 15
a hospital; Spomer said . hours of community service for
"AAIII!hrnnn David Bailey was Students not only helped those her Bat Mitzvah. Even after she
l•iilnced by his interest in golf in need throughout Omaha, but met her requirements, she
Mlllnte er his time at the Cox also those in need around the continued to do community
~-~ golf tournament this world . service whenever she had the
He used this Sophomore Ben Young went chance .
to learn more about to the country of Thailand on a ·oepending on what type of
of golf and also helped summer vacation with his family. community service you do, it can Senior Allison Friedman helps clean up
at the same time. While he was vacationing, he help keep the community clean, Beth Israel Cemetery for her youth group .
worked for eight hours helped out children living at an bring happiness to another The whole youth group worked after
school for four hours sweeping and
~.,.,t"l to clean up the soft drinks orphanage for five hours a day person, and it gives you self clearing weeds . photo contributed by
food that people bought and during a week-long time period . confidence,· Holmberg said . Emily Giller
behind on the tables in the At the orphanage Young It took a lot for students to turn
eating area . helped out in many ways . He down the chance to go to social
1 did it to get more involved in participated in games with the activities or just to lounge around,
the community, and because I children and read them children's but some generous individuals
like golf so much; Bailey said . books . were kind hearted enough to put
Junior Grace Spomer donated ·Helping the kids at the others over themselves and
120 hours of her time, which is orphanage really boosts the donated their time. XXV
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