Kiwanis of Tigard December 2023 Newsletter

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CLUB OF TIGARD Serving the Children of the World| Issue 14| December 2023

Helping at the Quiet Waters Outreach Bingo Night

Inside: - Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp - Officer Installation - Bell Ringing - And much MORE!

A Message from the Club President

By Robert Bell As the Kiwanis Club of Tigard begins another year, we are engaged in numerous activities. On November 13th, our club hosted the Division Council Meeting at the Courtyard Village in Beaverton. Nine members attended. It was a fun evening. At the meeting we presented a framed certificate to former Lt. Governor Susie Meyer, commemorating the installation of a brick in the Legacy Patio at the District Office in honor of her four years of outstanding service as Lt. Governor of our division. As the Kiwanis sponsor of the Sherwood High School Key Club, members of our club spend many hours each month supporting the Key Club’s activities. Again, this year we look forward to helping Sherwood High School Key Clubbers attend the Pacific Northwest District Key Club Convention. On the second and fourth Thursdays each month, we prepare and serve the evening meal for several homeless families at the Good Neighbor Center in Tigard. A good number of our members spend many hours each week helping the Packed With Pride food pantry. As you may be aware, our club was seeking to help raise funds for our many community service projects by promoting the sale of See’s Candies. Using our club’s website, it was easy for anyone to order and have boxes of See’s Candy delivered to friends or family. While the Winter Holiday store is closed, keep keep your eyes open and look for our upcoming Valentine’s Day See’s Storefront!

Recently, Message from the President Page 2 several of our members Meetings Page 3 formed a Fundraising Good Neighbor Center Page 4 Committee to help find new ways to generate Packed with Pride Page 5 funds in support of our Quiet Waters Bingo Page 6 many service activities.

Kiwanis One Day Page 7 On December 9th from ToT for UNICEF Page 8 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m., See’s Fundraising Page 9 our members are MHKC & Doernbecher Pages 10-11 ringing bells for the Club News Pages 12-15 Salvation Army at the Division News Pages 16-17 Tigard Fred Meyer. In the coming months, we Upcoming Activities Pages 18-20 anticipate having more Key Club News Pages 22-24 programs at our club Builders Club News Page 25 meetings. Let’s all look Just for Fun Page 26 forward to continuing our service to the Contact Us Page 27 community.

Welcome to 2024 Page 28

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I don’t think anything replaces the face-to-face meetings and the personal connections that you get when you’re in the same room or same place with people. ~ Annamie Paul

By Sue Cummins Over the course of the past year, our club has been struggling with our meeting schedule, trying to balance the needs of all the members, some of whom work during the day, while others can’t easily travel at night in the dark of winter. Some of our members have parenting constraints, distance to travel constraints, and more! Our Board has been working towards a meeting schedule solution, (for both the regular and Board meetings.) While the decisions may not please everyone, it needs to be understood that the officers are exploring a variety of possibilities. In the coming months, expect to be asked to give your opinion on some of the choices being examined.

Some Reasons Why It Matters Whether or Not a Member Attends our Meetings •

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When we see each other often, we begin to respect each other’s differing perspectives and are likely to take each other’s opinions more seriously. This is important to the health of the group, as well as to the strength of an individual’s commitment to the program.

When we attend meetings, our views can be expressed and be accommodated in the decision-making process.

There is a club financial support system in place that is based on regular meeting attendance.

The club cannot function without support to its “Operating Fund” account. Currently, $19 a year of those funds are collected through dues. That leaves the other 90% of that budget to be collected during meetings, (through the raffle and “happy dollars”). When a member can’t attend the meetings, he/she is not given the opportunity to support the club in this manner.

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The Good Neighbor Center remains as one of our continuing projects, for nearly 25 years! This year, our club budget has been updated to better reflect the actual costs of providing a meal for 30-40 people twice a month. We have budgeted $900 for this cause.

Looking for a way to support the Good Neighbor Center other than by fixing their meals?

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Here’s one way. Visit their “Shelter Needs” Amazon page, HERE. Pick out something, buy it and have it delivered to them.

Statistics from the Tigard Kiwanis Participation in this Program…

• # of members consistently helping in the 2022-23 year: 6 • Friends of Kiwanis consistently helping in the 2022-23 year: 3 • # of service hours spent on this project in the 2022-23 year: 1,267 • # of people served in the 2022-23 year: 2000 - 3,000

While this video is a bit out-ofdate, the information about the Packed with Pride Program is still applicable!

Check it out!

Picture from the distribution of food to families two Wednesdays each month

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By Jaclynn Anderson On October 26th Sheila, Sheylinn, Chris and I supported the Quiet Waters' Halloween Bingo Night. Our assignment for the night was prepping and serving popcorn and beverages for all who attended. Chris became popcorn popper extraordinaire, making batch after batch, while the rest of us pondered which of the flavored waters would taste the best. The attendees were sporting great costumes and were happy to end the evening with handfuls of candy, (that we provided), as they left.

By Sue Cummins We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful morning to do an Adopt-A-Road project. The City of Sherwood has, for years, acknowledged the Sherwood Key Club and Tigard Kiwanis as the official groups to maintain the road in front of what is now the Sherwood Middle School. It’s our job to pick up the trash there, at least twice-a-year.

This Kiwanis One Day, on October 28th, the newly formed Builders Club members joined in, as well.

In fact, between Kiwanians, Key Clubbers and Builders Clubbers, we had 20 people there, enabling us to completely clean the Middle School campus, as well as the street in front of the school.

One day each year, Kiwanians and their Student Leadership Programs around the world join together for a day of GLOBAL community service. There are NO boundaries. And, there is no limit to what a club can do for children, for their community, and for the world.

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Why Support UNICEF? UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential.

Since 1950, Americans have been TREATED to a view of those little orange boxes on Halloween Night as children Trick-or-Treated for UNICEF. The pandemic changed all that… a single pristine orange box now sells on E-Bay for $25… because they pretty much don’t exist anymore! What does exist now is an online donation process, (see below).

Start Strong Zambia This year’s KCI project is helping to build innovative community centers in Zambia; and is working to train community-based volunteers, health care providers and teachers to help create nurturing and stimulating environments for young children. To learn more about the project, click on the picture below.

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A little from us… makes such a difference to them!

A view of our online storefront!

Thank You to ALL Who Ordered Candy Our profit from this fundraiser was: $378

All proceeds will be used in SERVICE The Tigard Club Service Budget authorized spending over $8000 in 2023-24 on service activities… which means that the membership is being asked to support fundraising for that sum of money. Since October 1st, between being paid around $500 for doing street monitoring at the summer-time Tuesday Night Market in Hillsboro and our Yum-Raising Fundraiser, close to $900 is going into the Service Fund Account. It’s a start on reaching our goal!

We’ll be doing another See’s online store for Valentine’s Day We’ll let you know when we get the store set up. You can safely put your Valentine candy shopping in our hands!

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A new addition to the Christmas ornaments sold each year are these beautiful hummingbird feeders. You can find the stock to order these handblown glass items HERE.

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Club News

Robert, Judy & Sean Munger have transferred to our club from the Ross Island Club

In this newsletter we’ll feature Robert. The next newsletter will share more information about Judy and Sean, both of whom have been active members of Kiwanis for a number of years!

By Robert Munger

Bob Munger was born in Massachusetts, and attended schools in Massachusetts, Florida and California. He graduated from Campbell High School in Campbell, California. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Arizona, and a Master of Aeronautical Science Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Bob enlisted in the Air Force in 1962 and served as a radio maintenance technician. During this time, he enrolled in evening college classes and qualified for a full-time scholarship at the University of Arizona under the Airman’s Education and Commissioning Program. Following pilot training at Williams AFB in Chandler Arizona, he was assigned to March AFB in Riverside California, and flew KC-135 aerial refueling missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. After the war he was reassigned to Williams AFB as a T-38 instructor pilot. He was then assigned as a U-2 aerial reconnaissance pilot at Beale AFB in Marysville, California and flew operational missions from RAF Mildenhall, England, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, and Osan AB, Korea. His staff duties included U-2 Operations Manager, Hq. Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. He then served as Commander of the Air Force ROTC Detachment at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. He is a decorated Veteran of the Viet Nam War and retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1992 having served in the Air Force for 30 years. Bob joined the Kiwanis Club of Portland in 1990 and transferred to the Ross Island Earlyrisers Club in 2000. He is a past president and past club secretary with Ross Island Earlyrisers, Past Lt Governor of Division 62, 2008-09; 2012-13 and served as Lt. Governor Class President, and was PNW Governor 2014-15. He voluntarily served as the acting District Secretary from October 2014 through February 2015 and again from February through April 2016. He is also a Club Leadership Education instructor with special emphasis on Secretary training and is the secretary of Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program Board of Directors. He currently serves on the District Membership Team as Administrative Logistics Chair. Bob was a member of the Club Opening Team for the Kiwanis Club of Slabtown Area, Portland in 2018 and remained with the club as the Club Coach. He currently serves as the club secretary. Bob, Judy, and Sean Munger transferred to the Kiwanis Club of Tigard in October 2023.

Years in Kiwanis: 33 Years as Secretary: 19

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Club Installation

By Mikel McClain On October 7, 2023, at the Murrayhill Taphouse in Beaverton, the Tigard Kiwanis Club celebrated the installation of Board members and officers. We were pleased to have our Lieutenant Governor, Susie Meyer, preside. LTG Susie helped our club survive the Covid-19 pandemic and we are grateful for her persistent support and encouragement. The new Board Directors installed were: Bill Pennell and Marlene Wilson. Continuing Board Directors installed were: Marylou Iverson, Beth Morehouse and Sheila Udman. Officers installed included: George Deibert – Treasurer, Sue Cummins – Secretary, Anthony Arakaki – Vice President, Frank Morehouse – President-Elect, and Robert Bell – President. Thank you all for being willing to serve in leadership. In addition to the installation, we also inducted Chris and Jaclynn Anderson as new members into the club; and we welcomed the Key Club Lt. Governor, Zech Presnell, as a speaker.

Members supported the Walk to End Alzheimer’s with $295

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M E E T I N G

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PNW Governor

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Skye Burns MHKC

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Nicholas talked about what’s happening at both the District and Intl’ levels of Kiwanis.

Skye shared details about this past season at Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp and shared a flyer about the Gala.

By Sue Cummins Ten members were joined by three guests on the first Saturday of November for an afternoon of fun, good food, and camaraderie, as they played Mexican Dominoes. It was my first time to play this game.

It was easy to learn, but it took a little while to become familiar with winning strategies! I had a wonderful time, though. I am very grateful to Bill and Barb Pennell for opening their home and organizing the event.

I am hoping for a re-match sometime soon! The member with the best score of the games, (which is the lowest score, by the way), was Anthony! Congratulations! I think Bill has a prize he’s waiting to give you!

How Do You Play Mexican Dominoes?

The goal is to be the first player to lay down all of your dominoes. Whatever tiles are left in your hand count against you, so play strategically and try to get rid of the high-numbered tiles. If you must draw a tile, because you didn’t have a playing tile in your hand, a train is placed at the top of your spoke, temporarily allowing anyone the option of playing on your line.

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Mexican Dominoes was a SMASH HIT!

Calendars Dec 6 Dec 7

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Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse Key Club Board mtg. at 7:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. Key Club meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. Builders Club work session at 3:20 p.m. at Sherwood M.S. Salvation Army Bell Ringing from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Fred Meyer in Tigard Division Council Meeting at 5:45 p.m. at Courtyard Village (in person ONLY) Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center Board meeting at 2 p.m. at the Morehouse home Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center Club Social at 8 p.m. at the Morehouse home

Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse Key Club Board mtg. at 7:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. Key Club meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. 5 Builders Club work session at 3:20 p.m. at Sherwood M.S. Key Club LTG election at 5:30 p.m. at Lakeridge H.S. DCM at 5:45 p.m. at Courtyard Village or on Zoom Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse Key Club Board mtg. at 7:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. Key Club meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. 5 Builders Club work session at 3:20 p.m. at Sherwood M.S. Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center Key Club Dodgeball Tournament at 2 p.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Every Monday & Thursday morning we process food donations with the Packed with Pride program at Tigard High School. On the first and third Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. we distribute that food. If you wish to participate, please contact our club by clicking HERE.

Early registration for the District’s MidWinter Conference at the Sheraton in Portland, is available from now through the beginning of January. Check out Page 17 for the link.

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November 13th D I V I S I O N

Division Council Meetings

October 9th Bob Munger opened the meeting and Mikel McClain shared an inspirational thought.

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We had 3 members attend this DCM, all via Zoom. Our new LTG, John Flaherty was in charge. Time was spent discussing the logistics of how we plan to make communication work throughout our division.

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January, February and March DCMs will all be on Zoom ONLY!

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We were the host club for this DCM.

Bob Bell gave past LTG. Susie Meyer. a commemorative plaque honoring her for all she has done.

We heard a speaker from the Lions Club vision program.

December Division Council Meeting In-person ONLY at 6:00 p.m.

At Courtyard Village White elephant gift exchange Potluck Wear an X-mas Ugly Sweater

Congratulations to Nicholas Hafez Kiwanis Pacific Northwest Governor ~ Installation Dinner held October 22nd in Hillsboro

Mid-Winter Conference The Mid-Winter Conference is in-person at the Portland Sheraton Inn at the Airport on February 16-18, 2024.

Early registration is $135 US. One meal (Saturday Dinner) is included. Other meals are on your own.

Breakfast is included with your Sheraton room.

Hotel Rooms are $149 + tax per night.

Register

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S.O.S – Save Old Spectacles Our speaker at the November DCM shared much information about the Lions Club program., which we partner with when we do our S.O.S. project.

• The Lions Club Vision Program began in 1959.

• Their goal for the state of Oregon is to screen all students K-8th grade for vision issues.

• Our partnership with them is to collect “old spectacles” that can be cleaned-up, prescriptions determined, and then sent to third-world countries for use by people in need.

We work with a Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC). Our local liaison with this program is LTG John Flaherty. He will soon be setting up a Kiwanis “adventure” to the Portland Lions eyeglass warehouse. We will sort glasses in preparation for the next step in the process for getting them ready for distribution. If you are interested in being involved in this project, please contact John Flaherty HERE.

Are you receiving the PNW Builder Magazine?

If not, click HERE to sign-up. It is delivered electronically four times a year; and it gives insight into what’s happening in our Pacific Northwest District.

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Salvation Army Bell Ringing ✓ Join us on Saturday, December 9th ✓ At Fred Meyer in Tigard ✓ Sign up for a 2-hour shift ✓ Anytime from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ✓ Contact HERE to sign-up The Salvation Army has ONE agenda: to meet human need without discrimination.

They serve in 131 countries and have over 1.5 million members.

They have been pursuing their mission since 1865.

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They fight with LOVE!

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Deliver wrapped presents to children in the housing projects

❖ Date & Time TBA ❖ If interested, sign-up by clicking HERE THEIR MISSION Community Partners for Affordable Housing advances equitable communities and housing justice through developing sustainable and long-lasting housing, providing our residents with services for stabilization and growth, and connecting people who are unhoused with a place to call home.

Stay up to usher in the New Year and celebrate with your Kiwanis friends!

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 Sunday, December 31

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 8 p.m.  At the Morehouse home (14650 SW Bonanza Court, Beaverton)

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The Challenge: How to raise $8000 this year to cover the club’s budgeted expenses!

Ideas the Fundraising Committee thought might be worth further exploration…

Delivering Flowers: The club would work to connect with local florists in Tigard, Beaverton & Sherwood to see if they could use help delivering flowers at peak times, (like Valentine’s Day & Mother’s Day). The florists would then pay the club for the deliveries, instead of paying hired drivers. (Other Kiwanis Clubs in the Portland area already do this…)

See’s Candies (online store): The hope is to set up the online See’s Candies store so it is available at other holiday times like Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day. It might even be great to have a year-long See’s connection accessible through the club website. The club could become known to local Kiwanians for its easy convenience for purchasing See’s. (Still exploring possibilities…)

Personal Donations: Many members might be willing to make a voluntary donation to the club. Members who cannot support the monetary needs of the club through regular meeting attendance, might want to avail themselves of an opportunity to assist the club causes with a donation. Also, members wishing to support a specific cause could donate funds earmarked for that cause.

Event Monitoring: “Sunday Parkways”, (in Portland), and “Hillsboro Tuesday Night Market”, are two venues where Kiwanians can be paid to be street monitors. These are both “summertime only” activities. If there were enough club members willing to work shifts in either of these venues, it could bring in a considerable amount to augment club funds, paying $30 for approximately 2 hours per person; and the funds come from public accounts in both cases.

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There were four meetings during October and November, all of them packed with 30 to 40 students who were not shy about signing up for activities. One meeting even had members sitting on the floor! At the meeting before Key Club Week, the students worked on projects, rather than sat as an audience.

The Handel’s Ice Cream fundraiser brought in a profit of $84. The Board voted to add $16, bringing the total to $100 to send to the PNW Key Club District for donation to a youth oriented homeless shelter in Portland.

Work Sessions in October

There were six work sessions both before and after school in October. Members created “Ghost Pops” and “Kindness Clothespins”. The “Pops” were given to the staff on Halloween; and the “Clothespins” were distributed during…

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Key Club Week

During Key Club Week, the members wore their t-shirts on Monday. On Tuesday, they brought in baked goods for the high school staff. They did a campus-wide clean-up on Wednesday, and pinned the Kindness Clothespins on SHS students on Thursday.

C The officers set up a table to L encourage students to join the club.

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see what Key Club had to offer them. There were several pages of potential member sign-ups, with many attending the next club meeting! Those visiting the table liked the candy handed out, too!

Good Neighbor Center

Preparing a Spaghetti Dinner for a Homeless Shelter That Provides Temporary Housing for Families

On Thanksgiving morning, eight Key Clubbers got up early and manned the main water station for Sherwood's Annual Give-n-Gobble 5K Run/Walk that benefits a local food bank. This has been an SHS Key Club tradition for over 10 years!

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A Few Upcoming Activities for Sherwood Key Club

December Member Orientation – o Thursday, December 7th during Flex Time o Special activities & special snacks Salvation Army Bell Ringing o Saturday, December 9th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. o Share a 2-hour shift with a friend or two! o At the Fred Meyer store in Tigard Good Neighbor Center o Thursday, December 28th at 4:45 p.m. in Tigard

January

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Dodgeball Tournament o Sunday, January 28th o Earn funds to attend DCON Sign-up for District Convention o By Friday, January 26th, turn in paperwork o There will be a division-wide sign-up event, TBA Officer Elections – (intentions proclaimed) o Thursday, January 18th, at the Flex Time meeting

The Builders Club has been VERY BUSY during the first two months of its existence…

Here are 8 activities they’ve done:

Thank you…

To Faculty Advisor, Amy Christie, for organizing most of these activities!

o Made cat toys for an animal shelter o Wrote thank you cards to faculty on campus o Organized the campus Lost & Found o Helped with campus clean-up on Kiwanis One Day o Distributed flyers about Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF o Made pinecone decorations for the campus office o Cleaned tables in the classrooms o Played “freerice.com”- giving rice to third-world countries through the U.N.

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Just For Fun

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To find out more about the Kiwanis organization you can check out the following websites…

• Kiwanis Club of Tigard https://k05921.site.kiwanis.org/ (There is a “Contact Us” tab on this site which will allow you to connect with the Tigard club. One of the following officers will respond to your message.)

• President Robert Bell • President-Elect Frank Morehouse • Vice President Anthony Arakaki • Secretary Sue Cummins • Treasurer George Deibert

• Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District https://www.kiwanispnw.org

• Kiwanis International https://www.kiwanis.org

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New Year's Resolutions You Can Actually Keep in 2024 Resolution jokes like this one are familiar…. People often make resolutions that are not easy to follow!

Below is a go-to, (and diet-free), list of fifteen achievable changes that people can make in the new year. Think about giving one or two a try! ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢

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Get Outside Compliment Someone and Mean It Make Your Bed Keep Your Car Clean Grow Something Don't Hit Snooze Paint a Room Read More

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