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　　Thank you for your interest in helping animals! Volunteering is a wonderful way to learn, have fun and give back to your community(社区)．There are many ways to care for the animals at PAWS．

　　Youth Work Party

　　If you are ten years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team with a parent to work on different projects around PAWS in Lynnwood, WA．For example, you can build boxes for frightened, injured wildlife to hide in．Ask your parent to sign up to join a work party．If you are eighteen years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team independently．

　　PAWSwalk

　　PAWSwalk is our biggest fundraising(筹款)event of the year, held at the end of the summer to raise money to care for the animals．You can collect money with the help of your family, friends and school, and then walk in the event．

　　Cookie Sale

　　Selling homemade dog cookies is a wonderful way to help the animals．PAWS can provide brochures(小册子)to give out when you sell the cookies prepared by you and your parents, so people can learn about PAWS at the same time．You can find homemade dog cookie cooking instructions on the Internet or by checking out cookbooks for dogs at the library．

　　Movie Night

　　Invite friends, family, neighbors and classmates to watch your favorite animal movie, like Babe or Charlotte's Web．Ask them to bring an “entrance fee” of donations or supplies for the animals．

　　Thanks again for your interest in PAWS and helping animals．Share your ideas with your parents and invite a few friends to join you in helping make a difference for animals．If you have any questions, call 425-787-2500-261．

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　　Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

　　2105 State Route 20

　　Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

　　(360)856-5700

　　This is a fee-free park located on the banks of Lake Chelan, one of the deepest lakes in the United States．The island that makes up this park is easy to reach only by boat．You can go there from the nearby town of Chelan by shuttle(往返)boats．On the island, shuttle buses take campers to Stehekin Valley．This area is extremely popular with backpackers, fishermen, boaters and hikers．

　　Chopaka Lake

　　915 N．Walla Walla

　　Wenatchee, WA 98801

　　(509)665-2100

　　There’s a 10-acre campground at Chopaka Lake, a beautiful place to put up the tent．Chopaka Lake is actually situated at the top of Chopaka Mountain．The view is unforgettable! Hiking trails(小路)pass through a Mountain Wilderness Study Area and through the Okanogan highlands．There is no fee for camping．

　　Fort Ebey State Park

　　(800)452-5687

　　There are 645 acres at Fort Ebey State Park．Once home to a coastal defense(海岸防卫)fort for the Puget Sound area, this former fort is also filled with things to see and do from days gone by．It includes 53 campsites, restrooms and showers, beach access, 24 picnic sites and three miles of hiking trails．If you’re looking for a very enjoyable experience with a taste of the past, then this is the park for you．

　　Olympic National Park

　　600 East Park Ave．

　　Port Angeles, WA 98362

　　(360)452-0330

　　This National Park is picture-postcard(优美的)!Beautiful beaches, lots of surf, several lakes and a rain forest make up this area．You’ll be able to enjoy 63 miles of coastline here and hike as much as 600 miles of trails．There is only a small fee for the campsites here．

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　　My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car．From the time I wa s a saver．My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week．I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura．In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural．The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get．I earned some of my money picking one crop or another．When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time．She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked．I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day．Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker．

　　In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away．She left me 100 share s of AT＆T．One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me＄240 per year in dividend s(利息)．That wa s huge for a kid my age．

　　By the time I wa s seventeen．I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted．Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car．I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”．I wa s so excited．

　　My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got．Thi s wa s not a bad thing．I learned self-reliance．Self-reliance i s equal to freedom．Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father．

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　　Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 　　1　　, ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 　　3　　 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 　　10　　 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 　　11　　, we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 　　13　　-a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 　　15　　 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

　　“I don't under stand．　　16　　 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 　　17　　 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”

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