16-Year-Old Helps Build 60k Playground
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 4:03PM
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By MAD21

CNN.com reports: "Boy Scout Turns 'Mud Pit' Into 60k Playground." Here is a great story of an adopted 16 year old boy who wanted to give back to the hospital that saved his life.

"It kept you alive," a tearful Dwight Griffith told his adopted son as the two looked at an infant incubator during a tour of the Russian hospital where he was born.

More than a decade after L.S. Berzon City Clinical Hospital No. 20 cared for him, 16-year-old Alex Griffith wanted to show his gratitude.

"Russia is part of me and this hospital is part of me. They gave me life, so I [wanted] to give back to them, to give them a fun place to play," said Alex, who lives in Forest Hill, Maryland."

Yet another great example of someone who chose to Make A Difference. Go check out the full story.

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