By Jennifer C. Jones “Service is the rent we pay for living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.” ~ Marian Wright Edelman, Founder, Children’s Defense Fund Discovery Ranch students are learning that service has benefits beyond what they may have ever before experienced. Terri Miller, Girls Program Coordinator, says, “When they come here the focus is all on them.” But that focus soon shifts as students participate in a variety of volunteer projects such as planting trees, Sub for Santa, buddy soccer and baseball leagues for children with disabilities, and other service projects. Miller says working, with no thought of “what’s in it for me” has been good for Discovery Ranch students. The buddy sports league pairs a child with a mental or physical disability with a Discovery student. They play side by side throughout the game, Discovery students teaching basic sports skills and cheering their buddies on. “A
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