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When I was in high school I used to volunteer at The Hope Outreach Center in Davie, Florida. I was introduced to this center by a family friend and decided it would be great to go back and volunteer there this past Thanksgiving break. The Hope Outreach Center is a nonprofit organization that provides services and assistance to families in need. The center provides child care, food, clothing, schooling assistance for children, as well as emergency assistance to senior citizens. In the past and during the holiday break, I have worked the front desk answering phone calls as well as assessing people and their issues or needs that they request and trying to tend to them. I have donated clothes and food to the center and also organized food

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