Tuesday, May 03, 2005

baynews9.com - News : America's top ten youth volunteers named

baynews9.com - News : America's top ten youth volunteers named: "America's top ten youth volunteers named
Monday, May 2, 2005


WASHINGTON (AP) She's 13 years old and already heads up a nonprofit organization that helps orphaned girls in Peru.

Ana Dodson of Evergreen, Colorado, has been named one of America's top ten youth volunteers. She says she's stunned at some of the things she's accomplished.

Dodson's cause hits close to home for her. She was adopted from Peru and says she could have been in an orphanage, in the same situation as the girls, -- facing malnutrition and with few clothes -- if not for her adoptive parents. "

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