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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">Our first story of February 2012 is from Ask Me Ottawa campaign
volunteer Derek Antoine on what he learned working with street-involved and
homeless youth: </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">"Everything changed the day I began working with the Youth
Services Bureau of Ottawa (YSB) and met young people who had experienced
homelessness. My three years at YSB were, without a doubt, life
changing..." </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">Read the full story
here: <a href="http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=170">http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=170</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">- Keep the momentum going! Share your story here: <a href="mailto:askmeottawa@gmail.com"><span style="color:#2a58c6;text-decoration:none">askmeottawa@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">- Wear the Ask Me button proudly!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">- Forward this story to a friend!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#222222">- Follow us on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/askmeottawa">http://twitter.com/askmeottawa</a> </span></p>