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50 Years Later, Life Lesson Learned: Every Moment Makes A Difference

By Kim Reischling Each year, the United States celebrates National Volunteer Week to recognize the contributions of our volunteers. This year the celebration takes place April 21-27. The theme is “Something for Everyone.” Later in life, I’ve become a huge advocate of volunteerism. Before becoming a volunteer with the Palmetto Literacy Council in June of

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Samih Baalbaki is Home at the Palmetto Literacy Council

Samih, born in Lebanon, is a lawyer by training. His path to the United States – and volunteerism – was a years-long journey. After leaving Lebanon, Samih lived in Europe, (Belgium and Greece) and Saudi Arabia, and legally immigrated to the United States in 1986. Samih volunteered, first for the Freedom Readers since 2013, then for PLC where he has been since 2019, when the organization was founded.

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