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		<title>The Giving Tree &#124; Solutions Gives Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always eager to take part in community service activities, the Solutions team was particularly enthusiastic when they adopted a local Head Start class for Christmas. “The Community Service Committee took a survey in August, and many of the employees expressed a special interest in doing something to help kids,” says Bob, a Solutions team member. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solutions Volunteers Show Their Smarts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgianna, one of our Solutions teammates, is a mother and grandmother, so she knows the value of reading to kids. For this reason, and because she can&#8217;t imagine a life without reading, she began volunteering with Start Making a Reader Today (SMART®) in 2001. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t take a lot of time, but has big benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solutions Employees Put Constructive Spin on Vacation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to time off, most people look to relax, often in the shade of a swaying palm tree. But there are some who would rather swing a hammer than a hammock. They explain their choice by saying that once you have volunteered for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), you&#8217;re hooked. It happened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solutions Joins SOLV Effort to Protect Oregon Coast</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally when a company says it is &#8220;cleaning up&#8221; it is referring to revenue not rubbish. But twice a year Solutions concentrates on the coastline rather than the bottom line as part of SOLV&#8217;s annual Beach Cleanups. Since 1994, the company has sent a team of volunteers, one in spring and another in fall, to [...]]]></description>
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