Thursday, December 6, 2007

Local teen spends summer helping orphans in Zambia

Jon Avise South Washington County Bulletin
Published Wednesday, December 05, 2007

It goes without saying the hinterlands of northern Zambia bear no resemblance to the suburban sprawl of Cottage Grove — just how different the south African country was, though, came as a shock to Park High School senior Amy Kringle.

During months most of the 18-year-old’s classmates spent lounging at the beach and working summer jobs, Kringle traveled to Africa with a teen mission group, helping put shoes on the feet of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic ravaging the continent.

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