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November 29, 2011

I Don’t Know What to do With the Rest of My Life

I dont know what I want to do when I grow up. How do I find a college to go to.

This is a question that I hear all the time. And you know what? Very few high school students really know what they want to do when they grow up.

When I was growing up computers were something we had heard about but had never seen. My first experience with a computer was in high school. We had a teletype machine (look it up) and created strips of paper with holes punches in them using BASIC language. We would send that strip of paper over a phone line to a computer 200 miles away and it would create our program and send it back to us several days later.

There were virtually no jobs in the computer industry back then.

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November 9, 2011

Boys & Girls Club of McAllen seeks unconventional donations

Like many other non-profit organizations, the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen has been struggling with budget cuts.

They need community support but that doesn’t mean cash donations.

The group told Action 4 News it needs to volunteers to do things like read to schoolchildren.

The Boys & Girls Club is also accepting donations to help needy families get through the holidays.

They are also accepting auction item donations for their upcoming gala in January.

If you would like to help, contact the club at 956-682-5791.

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