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"Day in the Work Life": Relief Worker

On this week's "A Day in the Work Life," our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we volunteer with a relief worker.

After Hurricane Katrina, Compassion Alliance distributed water, ice, food, toys, and medicine to more than 120,000 people in eight days. (Photo: Courtesy Compassion Alliance)

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