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Writing Exercise: What Do You Observe At This Moment?

So here is your task: describe what you see, smell, hear, taste, and feel at this exact moment. Do you smell axe body spray wafting from across the room? Do you hear a classmate munching on a cookie? Is your best friend giving you a sinister-looking stare trying to get you to laugh? Do your palms feel sweaty because you have no idea what to write about? Is mike wearing a colorful Minecraft t-shirt that

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Create a Nonprofit Organization

Have you heard of the Red Cross, Special Olympics, Boy Scouts of America, Amnesty International, or World Wildlife Fund?  All these organizations have one thing in common: They are non-profit organizations.  A non profit organization is a legal entity that runs sort of like a business. However, it’s goal is not to generate profit for its owners, but to create some kind of public good or service.  Your mission is to think about a good

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