Still, one of my most important accomplishments is serving as the president of a dynamic non-profit organization called Wegene Ethiopian Foundation (WEF), which I founded with the help of my friends and family members in the year 2000.

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As I freshman, I wondered how I could give back for this wonderful gift I had been given and decided to help others, just as I had helped a few of my friends.

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"I have pawned off all my jewelry and have sought help from family and friends, " she said.

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"I'm here tonight with some of my closest friends from Oklahoma and beyond to join in and help with the rebuilding and recovery of this land that means so much to me, " Shelton said during the concert, which carried on in the midst of another severe weather threat.

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