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Doors of Hope

Youth group builds faith, fixes homes in Beattyville

"Are you going to give me a bedroom door?" a child from Beattyville, Ky., asked a group from Morris last month.

When students from the Immaculate Conception High School Youth Group were done, however, he didn't just have a new door. Everyone in the child's home had new-found privacy and much more.

Fourteen Morris Community High School students from the youth group and five chaperons were able to assist five families in need in Kentucky last month. Through about $2,500 in local donations, they were able to complete projects ranging from hanging ceiling fans and bedroom doors to building wheelchair ramps and porch stairs.

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