Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. —Marian Wright Edelman
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”

Marian Wright Edelman Activist, president and founder of Children's Defense Fund

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I would love to be part of this movement. Please provide me with more info about ways on which I can help. Thank you, Ana

Ana from Reyes
September 7, 2014

thats true

jesriel dautil from philippines
August 7, 2014

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