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Thanksgiving for Cambodia

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Hello friends and family, (I'm going to try this fancy formatting move that puts important parts in bold so that those of you who are just skimming will still get the highlights). As we are joining in an epic meal with our loved ones today, giving thanks for the bounty that we enjoy, I'd like to ask for a small favor : As many of you know I'm going to be traveling to Cambodia in a couple of weeks on an exchange program to teach at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.  Before we go, we will be taking up a donation for the Seedlings of Hope orphanage.  You got it, I'm asking for a donation.  Even a $1-$5 donation would be incredibly generous as the average household makes only $50 a year . The orphanage provides a home to about 110 HIV+ children who would not be alive today, if not for Father Kevin and his foundation.  Many of these kids are even able to be in school, saved from a life on the streets, scavenging garbage to survive. Father Kevin is a clinic...