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If you thought teenagers were only about drugs and drop-outs, gangs and graffiti, it’s time to think again.  Last spring students at West and Centennial High Schools in Bakersfield joined students at three high schools in the Bay Area to raise money to build a school in Kenya.  Each of the U.S. schools ran a fundraiser called “One Dollar For Life” or ODFL for short.  The idea is simple but powerful.  Every student is asked to give just one dollar.  There’s no pressure, just an invitation:  are you willing to do something to make a better world?  If you are, then your dollar is combined with those of other students around the country and used to build small-scale infrastructure projects in developing countries—schools, hospitals, irrigation systems, etc.  The students at the five California high schools raised a total of $9,000 from their one  dollar donations.  And what happened with the...
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