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Global Volunteers: a chance to give back
Schools & Kids, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:12 pm

About the author: Amy Pinkus, 13, of Woodside, is an eighth-grader at Woodside School. The daughter of Gary and Mary Pincus, she writes here about her tip to Peru last summer with Global Volunteers, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers to serve in developing countries.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 12:00 AM

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Posted by frank, a resident of another community, on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:12 pm

What a great experience for you....very impressive...

Posted by Thurston Howell III, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:39 pm

So very noblesse oblige of Amy! What a role model for the other overprivileged children of the mid-peninsula.

Posted by Edith Rodriguez, a resident of another community, on Jan 8, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Thanks for making the difference and inspire more people to volunteer and help.

Greetings from Peru,

Edith

Posted by Pat, a resident of another community, on Oct 9, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Thanks for writing this, Amy!

I want to take my daughter, Hua Wen, on a volunteer "vacation" and it helps to hear from someone her own age!

Also as a mom, it makes me feel she will be safe.

Thanks again,

Pat

Posted by Ismay, a resident of another community, on Jan 7, 2010 at 9:19 am

I also volunteered at PPA Summer 2008. It was a fantastic and rewarding experience through Global Volunteers. I am a middle school teacher and am preparing for my volunteer trip with my family to South Africa.

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