Inside Bay Area - Tri-Valley Herald - Local News: "Teen girls learn compassion during charity shopping trip
By Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig, STAFF WRITER
When the doors opened at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Target store in San Ramon, the girls took off.
More than 200 of them, ages 12 to 18, excitedly grabbed carts and began scouring the aisles for their holiday gifts. With lists in hand, the girls, many wearing pink elf hats, looked for toys, books, clothes and household items.
Like most teenage girls, they glowed with the opportunity to shop for the holidays, but what made this shopping trip different was that the girls were buying gifts for people they did not know and will never get to meet.
The young ladies, members of the National Charity League, were making sure needy families who seek assistance from one area nonprofit have a happy holiday despite their difficult circumstances."
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