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Article: The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Darryl E. Owens column: Warm words from kids make great presents.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- December 16, 2006
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Byline: Darryl E. Owens
Dec. 16--This month holds a reputation for miracles. Roz Mullen could speak to that. Two weeks ago, in the heart of Orlando, she formed a snowball and watched it roll into an avalanche. It formed after a chat with her daughter, an Air Force colonel stationed in Qatar. Most of the troops stationed there won't be home for Christmas. A notion struck her: If her daughter could line up soldiers' names, Mullen would encourage children she tutors at Outreach Love, an Orlando mentoring program for at-risk kids, to craft Christmas cards to cheer the troops.
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