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How One Grass-Roots Literacy Charity Keeps Hope Alive

Washington

On a Tuesday afternoon, four students sat before a dry-erase board and tried to match a few words with their categories: person, place, thing, or idea.

"Is 'Olympic' considered a place?" asked one student. The teacher, Marja Hilfiker, shook her head. "It's an idea, because you can't hold it in your hand," chimed...

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