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Personal Narrative: My Dad And I Volunteer

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Roughly two years ago during the summer, my dad and I volunteered to participate in a community service event sponsored by his employer, Duke Energy. The event involved volunteers to pick up litter from the local green way and clear a path for trails that hikers and bikers could navigate. We arrived at the green way just before dawn to meet a several of his colleagues and to lay out tools for people to grab. Once the head volunteer gave us a speech about safety and how to properly use the tools, we headed down the trails. We started off by picking up any litter that we saw, which was way more than what I actually thought would be down there, and then started hacking away at the thick grass to carve up a trail. Early on, this was a fairly easy

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