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My 15-year old daughter introduced me to Youthlinc. She had a friend who had gone through the program, which encouraged Katie to do it. She applied, was accepted, and began her journey. The international trip to perform community service in Kenya at the end of the local community service commitment was initially the carrot, but it was the work through the local community service that impacted her the most.

While she had always enjoyed coummunity service, this took her to another level. She volunteered with cancer patients and a grief counseling center for youth. She saw what an impact her services made with these two organizations; it made her understand that simply keeping someone company through a difficult time was powerful.

When she returned from Kenya, she related her stories of the children who their most prized possessions were their bar of soap or their blanket. It has forever changed the way she looks at material possessions. She has moral struggles every time she admires a piece of clothing she'd like buy but is what she considers expensive. Even though she can afford it, she will rarely buy something she considers a frivolity.

More importantly, she convinced her dad to do a similar trip. Never a community-minded person, the trip changed his life and he now understands why community service, even if it's just a financial donation, is so critical to those in need.

Youthlinc has made an amazing, positive impact on our family one family member by one family member. And our strory is like many others.

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