If I was a bird I'd be looking for shelter where I could look after my young.

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Every year, my troop supports a local shelter for families of domestic abuse by supplying them with Girl Scout cookies.

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The yew bushes at the front of my porch, for instance, serve as a winter shelter for chickadees.

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My father was out fire watching and I well remember my mother and I making a dive for the Anderson shelter, mother clutching the large brown handbag containing birth certificates, insurance policies, bank books, identity cards etc - not forgetting our precious ration books.

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From building bleachers, benches, a gazebo for an elementary school, and a shelter at the local golf club my students were learning the importance of providing a helping hand to make their community a better place to live.

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And I asked the cashier just that, her texting and me regaling of how my RV exploded in Louisiana, leaving me wallet-less and homeless with second- and third-degree burns on my body, begging for quick cash from friends to find a hospital and shelter.

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