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Beverly Beckham

Couple helping one family at a time

Jim and Terry Orcutt, founders of My Brother's Keeper, which this year will provide gifts and food for 1,600 families. Jim and Terry Orcutt, founders of My Brother's Keeper, which this year will provide gifts and food for 1,600 families. (BILL BRETT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE/FILE 2005)
By Beverly Beckham
December 17, 2006

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Terry Orcutt spends her days on the phone and most evenings, too, listening, taking notes, asking questions. "Where do you live? What do you need? How many children do you have?" Her concern is real. Her love for people she doesn't know is real, too. It's what drives her and what sustains her, call after call. (Full article: 745 words)

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