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SideLines: Brother, can you spare a dime?

This whole thing began on a whim.

Around last Christmas, I was getting off work one night and had to run into a store. Bright green signs posted throughout the store asked customers to purchase a bag of pet food for a local animal shelter. Being an animal lover, I couldn’t resist.

The cashier asked if I wanted to contribute a dollar towards juvenile diabetes research. A diabetic myself, I donated.

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