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TL/DR - 30 years ago, eighth-grader students from Champion School, Shannon Arsenault and Amanda Hereford, volunteered as office aides during lunch hours. The school offered students the chance to gain experience as teacher assistants, library assistants and office aides, alongside tutoring younger students. Meanwhile, 60 years ago, municipal work…

TL/DR - Oak wilt, a lethal tree fungus, was identified in a cluster of oak trees in the Bird Hills Nature Area in Ann Arbor, marking the city's first confirmed case. Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation department's Natural Area Preservation division plans to hold an informational webinar on the disease, covering identification, reporting, and the…

TL/DR - Thousands of residents in South Phoenix received free Thanksgiving turkeys at an event sponsored by Prensa Arizona at Barrios Unidos Park, an area with a high rate of food insecurity. The event has been held for three years and distributed 3,000 turkeys in 2022. The Arizona Food Bank Network reports that 751,690 people, including 226,080…

TL/DR - Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a global health and human rights issue, affecting over 200 million women and girls with medically unnecessary genital cutting. The World Health Organization defines FGM/C as the “partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for…