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		<title>Advocates for Good</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/26/advocates-for-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCAN Executive Director Sonia Quinonez, Jose Quinonez, Joyce Bliss, board member Jeff Bliss at the 2010 Toast to Hopes event.   Linda Franz was at a crossroads. Her daughter had graduated from college and her son was about to start. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/26/advocates-for-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Father&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/16/happy-fathers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Dad passed away a week before Christmas in 2007, and this is the first year I can walk past a rack of Father’s Day cards without getting weepy. Most of you don’t know my Dad but I wish you &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/16/happy-fathers-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our Daily Bread – Food for All</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/our-daily-bread-%e2%80%93-food-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(l to r) Kerryn McMeans, Sue Almond and Rob Higginbotham from Fairfax Methodist Church get ready to load up their cars with groceries, as part of their partnership with Our Daily Bread. When I arrived at Fairfax United Methodist Church &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/our-daily-bread-%e2%80%93-food-for-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PLTI &#8211; Don&#8217;t let the title fool you!</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/plti-dont-let-the-title-fool-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent PLTI class, who&#8217;s now making great changes in the community. Gotta admit, I had no idea what the Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria (PLTI) did.  Their website says their mission is “to enable parents to become leading &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/plti-dont-let-the-title-fool-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ALIVE – The Saga of the Big Red Couch</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/alive-%e2%80%93-the-saga-of-the-big-red-couch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark (left) and Mike (right) offload a dresser from the ALIVE truck. The big red couch was too big to be photo-shopped and included in this story. It’s a rainy Saturday morning &#8211; perfect for sleeping in, drinking coffee in &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/alive-%e2%80%93-the-saga-of-the-big-red-couch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t &#8216;Contact&#8217; Me</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/10/11/dont-contact-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     It took a trip to Italy to realize the value of human connection. Generally speaking, Italians are very family-focused, and over the course of our time there it gave me a chance to think about how I do business–literally &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/10/11/dont-contact-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Give it Away</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/05/31/give-it-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 16:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     When my nephew planned to visit us over spring break, I panicked. How do you entertain a 16-year-old boy for four days? I thought he might like the play Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center, a witty comedy with &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/05/31/give-it-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It Took a Village</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/06/11/it-took-a-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Earlier this month it was my honor to deliver the commencement address at my alma mater high school in Bellefontaine, Ohio. There’s always something safe about going home. Mary Rutan Park still has its four tennis courts and the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/06/11/it-took-a-village/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Family Feuds</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/10/09/family-feuds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Over the last few months, three friends have told me about their family dramas where someone hasn’t talked to someone in decades. While they repeat the story to me with either sorrow or defiance, their sense of loss always bulldozes &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/10/09/family-feuds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Good Men</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/06/11/a-few-good-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world needs more good daddies. And so I convinced my husband to join me on a two-week service vacation at a children’s orphanage in Peru this past March with the ulterior motive of providing the kids with the chance &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/06/11/a-few-good-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Games People Play</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/02/09/games-people-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, my family loved playing games.  Even now, on those rare occasions when we’re all in once place, three generations of us spend hours playing some fast-thinking word game, cards, or whatever else shows up at the game table.  &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/02/09/games-people-play/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Money Matters</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/01/18/money-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been kind of cheap.  Really, I re-gift like a pro and have a drawer full of presents – all bought on clearance – that I put in used gift bags with recycled tissue paper and can still &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/01/18/money-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hokey Dokey</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2007/05/03/hokey-dokey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could not wait for Friday, April 20! Right after work was the start of a long-awaited weekend getaway with my very special guy. For months we had planned this weekend for just the two us, and visions of bed &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2007/05/03/hokey-dokey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Home, Sweet Home</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/12/19/home-sweet-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going back to the Ronald McDonald House at night is like going back to my parents’ home. There’s a fire burning in the fireplace and a plate of food set aside in the fridge just for me. Written by a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/12/19/home-sweet-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paradise Found</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/10/14/paradise-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a service project flops. The good news is that my “failed” volunteer project happened while I was in Hawaii (nothing can go too badly in Hawaii, right)? While planning this dream vacation, my friend and I resurrected a service &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/10/14/paradise-found/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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