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Alexandria teen’s community service earns her trip to Seattle | #CenLa #Louisiana

Kaitlyn Graff
Credit: Tia Owens-Powers/towens@thetowntalk.com

A senior at Alexandria Senior High’s efforts in community service earned her a free trip to Seattle.

What started as a senior project for Kaitlyn Graff, 17, turned into a successful 5K fun run that benefited Free Wheelchair Mission.

Graff said she picked the organization to benefit from her senior project after watching a video on the charity’s website. Free Wheelchair Mission provides wheelchairs to those who cannot afford them in developing countries.

A senior project is required to graduate and must include a problem and a solution, Graff said.

“The problem is they can’t walk,” Graff said. “The solution — give them wheelchairs.”

The “how” was where the 5K came in.

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Related:  http://www.freewheelchairmission.org/