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	<title>Get Out And Give Back &#187; Humanity</title>
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		<title>Bread for the City&#8217;s &#8220;Glean for the City&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/08/bread-for-the-citys-glean-for-the-city-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a road trip with Bread for the City to the corn fields of Parker Farms last week, 25 of us volunteers discovered some surprising facts about corn and how much is really available to feed the hungry. Click here &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/08/bread-for-the-citys-glean-for-the-city-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Out and Give Back: A Zen Volunteer Morning with Borromeo Housing</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/04/get-out-and-give-back-a-zen-volunteer-morning-with-borromeo-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Normally volunteer work entails lots of activity, people, energy and more often than not, chaos. What a nice change of pace it was to help out in Borromeo Housing’s infant care supply center, established to support young mothers, where &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/04/get-out-and-give-back-a-zen-volunteer-morning-with-borromeo-housing/">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>Girls on the Run &#8211; Running for Greatness</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/26/girls-on-the-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I retired from the United States Air Force in September of 2009, I was most excited about never, ever having to run again.  Running is part of the mililtary culture, and even though the Air Force only requires one timed 1.5 mile &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/26/girls-on-the-run/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Second Chance</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/11/01/a-second-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     My niece Sarah is a blue-eyed blond, 20 years old and works as a waitress in a steakhouse during her college summer breaks. She comes from a good family, was a high school honors student and has worked since &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/11/01/a-second-chance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Out and Give Back – It’s What You Get, not What You Give</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/04/21/get-out-and-give-back-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-what-you-get-not-what-you-give/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took almost a year off from writing Get Out and Give Back after retiring from the United States Air Force to decide what I wanted my post-Air Force life to look like. And I realized that I missed writing &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2010/04/21/get-out-and-give-back-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-what-you-get-not-what-you-give/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lenore</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/12/06/lenore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into Lenore last week on my way to do my Wednesday service work at our church.  Lenore was with a younger guy, and she was walking away from the church entrance, not toward it.  Knowing that Lenore normally &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/12/06/lenore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>$3.99</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/11/19/399/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I prepare to move the &#8220;Get Out and Give Back&#8221; blog and newspaper column to a bigger writing/speaking/coaching venue, I realized that I&#8217;d been spending too much time in the last few months holed up developing the business and not enough &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/11/19/399/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;D&#8221; Word</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/03/14/the-d-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Fifteen years ago I survived a divorce. It was something that had to happen, and for two years my soul was dragged slowly across the jagged floor of hell. It felt like being pushed blindfolded off a high dive &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2009/03/14/the-d-word/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Spare a Smile?</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/11/16/can-you-spare-a-smile/</link>
		<comments>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/11/16/can-you-spare-a-smile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     I’ve written about this topic before, but it bears repeating &#8211; at least to me.              I work live and work in the greater Washington, D.C. area, and take the Metro (subway) to and from work because DC traffic &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/11/16/can-you-spare-a-smile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Each September</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/09/14/each-september/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[       It’s now a few days after Sept. 11.  Every single one of you remembers what you were doing that day seven years ago. I was in India teaching English to Hindu orphans. Here’s what I remember:               The &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/09/14/each-september/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clueless</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/05/10/clueless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 12:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      I almost didn?t write this story because I?m too embarrassed.  But, here it is.             The worst part about our vacation to Cuzco, Peru, last month was being hounded by dozens of impoverished street vendors who pestered us &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2008/05/10/clueless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gimme a Push</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2007/02/13/gimme-a-push/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago I had a midlife crisis and I solved it the American way – I bought an overpriced, imported red convertible. I really did my homework before driving it off of the lot and could recite the size &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2007/02/13/gimme-a-push/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter of Time</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/08/10/a-matter-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove or what kind of clothes I wore. All that will matter is that I made a difference in the life of a child.” Between you &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/08/10/a-matter-of-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Happy Meal</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/07/09/the-happy-meal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kannon58</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years back when I was working a media event at the Arizona State Fair and comatose on funnel cakes, a friend and I escaped from the fairgrounds for some gourmet haute cuisine at Wendy’s a few blocks away. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2006/07/09/the-happy-meal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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