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Article: World Changers to help renovate homes

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Charleston Daily Mail
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June 20, 2003
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To at least one group of teenagers, summer means more than soaking in sunrays or taking a trip to the nearest beach.

A gathering of 350 junior high and high school students will visit Charleston from June 28 to July 5 to pound nails, repair roofs and hang drywall. As part the World Changers program, the teen-agers will spend a week in the Capital City renovating low-income neighborhoods.

World Changers is a ministry of the North America Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Group members - ranging in age from 11 to 22 - will be ...

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