Friday, November 23, 2007

Teen helps African Orphans

BY STEPHANIE LASOTA
STAFF WRITER
slasota@republicanherald.com
11/22/2007


ORWIGSBURG — She searched her soul and returned with soles.

As children from an orphanage in Namibia, Africa, sang in front of a congregation at a church in Schuylkill Haven last spring, Valerie Glunz, 13, of Orwigsburg, wondered how she could help them.After the children sang, they were asked what it is they really needed. The answer: shoes.Valerie began contacting local businesses to ask for shoe donations. “It’s for my Girl Scout Silver Award Project. I thought it would be a good thing to do,” she said.

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