Dear Deborah,

    Thanks to you, we are able to have a comfortable place for our children to live and learn this year. Last Monday, Michael and his sister, Janet, celebrated Michael's 9th birthday with cakes and cards here. Thank you for your kind gift of $1，000 to Children's Residential Services of Greater Boston. For the homeless children like Michael and Janet in our center, your kindness makes a difference to them.

    The children can't wait to use the computers to do their homework and chat with their friends! The computers are part of our excellence (优点) in Service Campaign.

    We would like you to visit our "home", so you can meet the children. We love to show you around our "home". The children also enjoy meeting visitors.

    Janet Teebs, our development director (负责人), is always available to welcome you, or to answer any questions you may have.

    You are part of their lives.

Sincerely,

Malcolm Wexter

    For a full­time worker and a mother of three, it seems impossible to spend time 1, but Hope Cooper can make it.

    Cooper volunteers at Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) in Varina High School. Her work is to 2 applications(申请表格)to students with scholarships (奖学金) for college. Cooper says, "I usually run to the PTSA meetings right after work. After the meetings, I have to run home and cook dinner for my own children."

    3 of Cooper's children goes to Varina High School, but she says, "Volunteering isn't all about helping the people you know best, but it's about helping those who 4 you most." Cooper chooses to volunteer in Varina High School because she 5 some poor students can't afford the higher education. She says 6 she can't help out every student, helping out one student is rewarding (值得的). Cooper thinks volunteering not only makes a difference to the students but also 7 her thought of what is important in life. Cooper says volunteering may seem 8 to one but means so much to those who need it. She 9 everyone to take part in it. She plans to keep on volunteering in the future. "Volunteering gives me a 10 that I need. I'll ask my children to volunteer, too," she says.

    Alice was born with a strange disease. She was taken to many hospitals. None of the knew the cause of the disease. They told her parents she would go blind and deaf.

    Now Alice is fifteen years old. Her eyesight and hearing are so poor that she can't see or hear . But she is a bright and happy girl. She says to , "Whatever happens, I will never give up. " She to enjoy her life. With her help, she is travelling as much as she can. She is also the interesting things she experiences along the way.

    She also wants to help people like her. Her dream is to help researchers a method for her disease. If she can get , people who have the same disease may also be cured (治愈). In fact, she has money for a foundation (基金会) fighting the disease since she was in Grade Two. Until now, she has got over $150，000!

    Alice thinks helping others can make her than having fun alone. She is doing her best to live her life without any regret.

    If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? More and more people in the USA volunteer (自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

    Alice Hamilton, 17

    I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific—I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.

    Jason Moore, 18

    This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

    Trish Anderson, 16

    I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called “Reading for Life”. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

A：What are you doing?

B：I'm preparing a list of things we can do for our church (教堂). We're trying to raise money.

A：

B：Our church's kitchen is old. It needs repairing.

A：

B：I don't know. Do you have any good ideas?

A：

B：Sounds great. What do I need for a car wash?

A：First, you need things like soap and water. Second, you need cars to wash! Tell everyone about the car wash.

B：We can do that!

A：

B：Yes, volunteers! People in our church can help.