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Article: Philanthropist counts 249 daughters; Growth Through Learning helps girls in Africa.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2007
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Byline: Pawel Z. Binczyk
The letter was one of more than 1,000 he has received over the last 10 years, but leaning back in his small chair and looking at the ceiling, Roger L. Whiting quoted it from memory:
"Dear Mr. Rodgers: Thank you so much for everything you've done. Signed, your loving daughter."
Drifting upstairs from the nail salon below the immaculately organized one-room office, the faint odor of acetone hung in the air as he continued. "This year," he said, "I have 249 daughters."
Ten years ago, the Paxton resident and retired life insurance representative founded Growth Through Learning Inc., a 501(c)(3) recognized ...