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Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless,  a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn't working that summer and was __1__ only two classes in summer school, so I had some __2__ time.      Three nights a week, I __3__ in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and __4__ for 45 people hot meals __5__ vegetables, chicken,  fish and fruit. The homeless people __6__ this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well.      I __7__ this volunteer work, making __8__ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife,  one a movie actor,  another a young teacher,  and the other a college student, __9__ me.      I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __10__ me with sympathy. Some of them had __11__ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __12__. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company,  and __23__ she lost her job. She wanted to look for a __14__ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __15__. She could do nothing but sell her furniture-sofas, chairs, and tables __16__ she could pay for her food. The woman __17__ on job hunting, but she __18__ couldn't find one. She had no money for her __19__ and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __20__, and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

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