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Rosman, 11, recently earned second place in the Genworth Canada Support for Habitat for Humanity contest, earning a $5,000 contribution to a Habitat for Humanity project, an iPod and a pizza party for his class at Shuswap Middle School.
With no Habitat for Humanity projects taking place in Salmon Arm, Rosman has directed his funds towards a Habitat for Humanity project in Kelowna, where his grandparents live.
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The nation-wide project is a program for Grades 4-6, where students are asked to write on the topic of the meaning of home. All the students in teacher Jaimie Vezinasa国际传媒檚 French Immersion class participated by submitting written work.
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Home is warm like wool
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Where you learn your first words
Home is where you play
Home is where you spend your day
Your family helps with things that are tough
Home is where you take your first breath
In the end home is a happy place.
