The buzzards wait, watching, smelling for opportunity below them. Something fresh, or something rotting. They follow a pecking order that determines which vultures will eat first. A meat carcass. A bag of rotting fruit. A stack of moldy tortillas. These scavengers are not picky. Far below, a truck arrives, dumping more trash into the teeming filth, its contents spilling into the ravine below. Creatures that look like ants scurry around the vehicle, carrying away their own treasures. —Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World One Child at a Time by Jacob Wheeler
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students having a safe space that allowed them to learn and play as children should—we strived for more. We are now seeing that come full circle, with alumni who have gone on to follow career paths that
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