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Never Say Sorry
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL - July 18, through July 24, 2014 • Year V • Number 194
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By Kathryn Wohlpart
To most people, a place where you never have to say sorry is almost everywhere — you don’t stop to think about your actions because they just seem normal to you. To a mother of a child with autism, sorry is a word that is said far too often because people around her don’t understand what is going on with her child. When Gail Field brings her son, Jayson, to the grocery and stops by the deli counter he cries because he doesn’t like to stop so she is “always saying sorry.” Gail feels as though “people need to educate themselves on autism,” because Jayson is not throwing a temper tantrum, his senses are overloaded and he is overwhelmed. Continue on page 3
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By Quezia Salgado
As part of their volunteering program, the Rotaract Club at Palm Beach State College goes to Boca Helping Hands every Friday to help out with their food distribution. After a couple of months of volunteering Nicole Richards was shocked to see two-year-olds with bare feet, grown men wearing torn up clothes, and girls her age without proper attire for school or everyday life. Thinking about how much clothing she had in her own closet, Richards was compelled to clean it out and even got her friends and family to do the same. Nicole Richards with family and team of community Closet volunteers
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