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The Making a Difference Foundation Ensures People Without Housing Aren’t Without Good Meals

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The Joy Box Ministry offers caring words in a time of need In Peru, Blue learned that when a local woman was going through a difficult time, the other women in the village got together and wrote words of encouragement to drop off at the struggling woman’s house every day until her situation turned around.

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My Grandmother Taught Me My Greatest Life Lesson

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I learned from my grandma that the seeds of greatness are not special genes, dependent on the gifted birth, the inherited bank account, the intellect, the skin-deep beauty, the race, the gender or the status. This article was published in February 2008 and has been updated. Photo by @SBphoto /Twenty20.

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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

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Gigi joined YouTube in 2008. Now she has nearly 3 million followers on her beauty and lifestyle channel. Gigi faces challenges everyone can learn from. Through the years, she has come out several times as gay, transgender, and most recently, pansexual. . Here’s how she stays grounded before millions of watching eyes.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. In 2008, World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els and his wife Liezl Els went public with their son Ben’s autism diagnosis. Students are there to learn but are not subjected to a rigid testing environment.

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10 Peace-Seeking Reasons to Let Go of Your Worried Thoughts

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If something happens at work or at home that would normally be a cause for concern, I have learned to say, “I’m going to wait to worry.” This article was published in March 2008 and has been updated. This is because over 90% of all worries never come to pass. Make the decision for yourself to live life worry-free.

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The Evolution of Bertony Faustin, Oregon’s First Black Winemaker

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He’ll spout profound, sometimes goosebump-inducing bits of wisdom that he’s learned along the way, which he imparts to his customers. In Oregon, the first recorded winery was in the 1850s, yet the first Black winemaker in the state was Faustin in 2008. The industry told me in 2008 that I was Oregon’s first Black winemaker,” he says. “I

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. I’ve learned that it’s not the disability that defines you,” Abbott explains. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I I don’t think I had any idea what it would mean to others when I made it back,” Lester says.

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