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Volunteering boosts their spirits, skills

Lynn Rodman volunteers at a thrift shop while she looks for work. Lynn Rodman volunteers at a thrift shop while she looks for work. (Dina Rudick/Globe Staff)
By Calvin Hennick
Globe Correspondent / July 9, 2009

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When Marya Wolfman was laid off in January from her job at Monster Worldwide, the parent company of the job search site Monster.com, she decided to use some of the time to work on writing her science fiction novel. But that alone didn’t fill the void she felt when she lost her job. (Full article: 944 words)

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