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“Kids at the greenhouse school in Salem banded together to help out those affected by Hurricane Sandy. …Welch and his wife, co-director Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde…realized that the effort was largely symbolic and one that was an important learning experience for kids in their own care. “We need to teach them as young as possible that banding together to help out is not something ‘other people’ do or that only agencies can accomplish.”…