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Good News: Teens Honor Wilberforce's
Legacy with Public Service
Six high-school students are being
awarded for their philanthropic
leadership in honor of philanthropist
William Wilberforce. The Better Hour
contest, sponsored by the Wilberforce
Project, encouraged students nationwide
to launch public service projects
inspired by Wilberforce’s fight against
the slave trade.
Ellie Morse of Dickson, Tenn., received
the $10,000 top prize for raising money
for Invisible Children, a nonprofit that
helps children in war-torn areas.
"We are helping out our own community by
empowering kids to act and to do
something other than what they would do
for themselves," Morse told CBN’s
NewsWatch.
The contest is associated with the
documentary The Better Hour: The Legacy
of William Wilberforce, which, along
with the feature film Amazing Grace and
Focus on the Family Radio Theatre’s
Amazing Grace, is keeping Wilberforce's
heroic story alive.
The cover of the Amazing Grace DVD
includes an endorsement by Focus on the
Family Founder and Chairman Dr. James
Dobson: "Outstanding. It will move your
heart."
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Focus on the Family Radio Theatre
presents Amazing Grace,
which documents the life of William
Wilberforce.
Read
CitizenLink's interview with Sheila
Weber, vice president of
communications at The Better Hour.
Source
URL:
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000007485.cfm
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