To Kill A Mockingbird: Building A Basketball Court

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1. It all started with an idea that is being introduced by a girl scout that wants to build a basketball court in order to get her Girl Scout Gold Award.
2. The girl scout raises $25,000 to build the court.
3. She starts the process of making the court by contacting construction workers and contacting people for where to put the court.
4. The building of the court begins and it takes 3 weeks
5.People living in the apartments start to play in the court once it opened and the people love it.
6.The girl scout gets a lot of good reviews from the parents of the kids who play on the court.

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