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to our

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sauce . Virginia were part of a

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national organization that uh , we

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build wheelchair ramps for people who

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cannot afford them on their own . The

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work here is rewarding and uh Virginia ,

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There is a lot of work to do .

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There is so much need and volunteering

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is a very important part of being part

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of the community . Um , and our

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neighbors are , are struggling

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In Virginia alone . There's somewhere

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over 800,000 people who

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are ambulatory disabled and might be

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candidates for one of our , one of our

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projects . We

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just come out here . Just build these

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ramps for people who can't even get out

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of their house . I guess it's just a

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sense of responsibility who's going to

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help these people if we don't . It's ,

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you're helping people . It's not , it's

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not work . It's , it's more of time you

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enjoy and time that helps out with the

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world . It's not all , it's not always

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the best place for some of these people

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and we , we quite literally help them

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get back into their lives because

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they're stuck here without some people

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don't have like internet or aren't tech

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savvy and can't even like call a friend .

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And they're kind of alone here . And we

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we help them just get back into the

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real world . Yeah ,

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largely the projects we complete and a

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two day session . One is a pre build in

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our workshop and the other is the on

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site installation . Because the design

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of our ramps installation only takes a

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matter of hours signing up to volunteer

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for our organization is very , very

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simple . Simply go to our website

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www saws ramps dot org .

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And on the website is a , is a link to

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volunteer , uh , that will register you

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for volunteer opportunities . The need

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is great . And the change um , that we

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see in the , in the lives of those we

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serve is immediate . And , uh , the

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impact on the volunteers of seeing that ,

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that change , that freedom that , that

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been restored , uh , is amazing .

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We don't come here to

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change the world . We come here to

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change one person , one person's life .

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So the best part of volunteering is

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seeing them smile at the end , them

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realizing , Hey , it's all gonna be

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okay ,

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mm

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mm .