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A little girl wrote this letter after her class did some community work at the Raleigh Rescue Mission in North Carolina. The residents at the shelter were quick to respond.

Femi Oke

Apr 19, 2013

This is the life advice the residents of the homeless shelter gave the little girl and her class:

Stay in school.
Be a leader, not a follower.
Don’t do drugs.
Be yourself.
Love your neighbor.
Be good to one another.

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