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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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A viral start for Katie Blomquist In the fall of 2016, when Katie Blomquist worked as a first-grade teacher at a Title I school in South Carolina, a boy in her class asked her for a bike for his birthday. We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support.

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Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Talks About the Art of Making Accommodations

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It was the middle of the middle class,” he says. You know, there was nothing fancy or special about our lifestyle. At Brookwood, his art teachers regularly modified the curriculum to make classes more challenging for him. It’s the clothes we wear, the phones we talk on, the lights we see with and the cars we drive.

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14 Workplace-Friendly Holiday Exchange Gifts for Coworkers

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ClassPass With a monthly membership, ClassPass connects you to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences—whether you choose strength training, yoga, Pilates and boxing classes, or massages, acupuncture and manicures, is entirely up to you. Classpass.com 3. HelloFresh HelloFresh takes the stress out of cooking dinner. Hellofresh.com 4.

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

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Though he longed to rebel from these prescribed ideas, his guilt of never being enough led him to attempt a pre-med path, only to stop and start classes enough times to realize it was never going to happen. I was the only one in the class who actually had a vineyard.” It’s not difficult to understand why.

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. My mom tried to help by encouraging me to like stuff that other girls my age liked: clothes, boy bands, teen magazines. I bucked her attempts to put me in stylish clothes and instead opted for baggy T-shirts. Mortified, I tried to hide behind a clothing rack.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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Join a class at your fitness club, an exercise group or a team sport. I often think I need new clothes, but when I clean out or organize my closet, I realize I have lots of options and everything I need at my fingertips. Take a dance or fitness class. Clean out your closet and donate unwanted clothes to charity.

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12 Essential Tips Every Solo Traveler Needs to Know

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A familiar pillowcase can bring comfort if you’re homesick, or it can be filled with clothes to make an extra pillow or backrest. Plan to do one or two structured activities daily, like a tour or class, but don’t overbook yourself.

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