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Volunteering: a family affair.(GOOD FAMILY: FROM KIDS TO MONEY, WHAT TO KNOW NOW)(Brief article)
Gretchen Snelling loves doing things with her husband and two children, ages 7 and 4. Among their favorite activities are making blankets for sick kids at a local hospital, passing out water during charity road races, and picking up litter at nearby parks. "it's fun," says Snelling, who discovered these opportunities through a family-oriented Kiwanis group in Carmel, IN. "1 really hope community service becomes a part of my kids' lives."
The odds are that it will: Children from families in which at least one parent volunteers are three times more likely to volunteer regularly than children whose parents don't, ...
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