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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Darian,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Thank you for sharing this link. I definitely get where
you’re coming from. Those are some really powerful stories. As I read, I could
feel those people’s desire to help, to serve, to make a difference. Reading that
actually put me in mind of a story I read a year or so ago for an on-line
writing competition I was taking part in. It made me feel something like how I
imagine reading those Americorps stories made you feel. I read it, and I just
wanted to get out there and do something, even if I wasn’t sure what or how. I
think we all need that encouragement sometimes. I’ll share the link
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>On a similar note, that’s what I love about the
possibilities of this group and this list: the opportunity for people to
share their experiences and their stories and to encourage others through that
sharing. I love to help people and to try to make a difference, but as those of
you who have been involved with the Community Service Group and/or this list for
a while know, I have my insecurities and worries, too, and I know I need that
encouragement myself sometimes just as much as anyone else.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Chris</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dsmithnfb@gmail.com
href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">Darian Smith</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:50 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=COMMUNITY-SERVICE@NFBNET.ORG
href="mailto:COMMUNITY-SERVICE@NFBNET.ORG">COMMUNITY-SERVICE@NFBNET.ORG</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Community-service] AmeriCorps.gov > Stories of
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px">I sometimes find
myself struggling, really wondering why get involved in community service? why
do it when the people that I try to work with sometimes question my
abilities instead of seeing my desire. Why keep going when some of my
peers don't take the concept of community service very seriously?And then
I read really uplifting stuff like this and find that there is a lot of
good being done and I just want to be a part of that positive
work.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px">I want to share
this link with you all and maybe you might get where i am coming
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px">thoughts and
reactions are welcomed.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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