Sacrifice In West Virginia

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When we sacrifice something, we are really just passing it along to others. I had a chance to go to the National Scout Jamboree in West virginia. It was filled with adventure and excitement but there was one day i dreaded. There was a day of service that was required by all troops. It was the 7th day there and we woke up at 5:45 in the morning to eat and make our bus to go to the site and begin our community service. We had went to this small town an hour away from the camp to help them cleanup their area. The town had a flood and many of the residents left, leaving the remaining residents to clean up the once flourishing town. We had got there and spent the day moving piles of garbage into dumpster, cleaning debris of the road,

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