Kate Snyder has been living in the same house in Severn, Maryland, for more than 18 years. I raised my son here. It was a beautiful place to raise a child. Now, I'm on my own and still enjoying it." But as the years pass, the house needs many repairs. Snyder, who is retired and still works two part-time jobs, does not have the money to pay for repairs. Enter Group Cares, a Christian-based aid organization. Each year, the group sends hundreds of teenagers on service trips across the United States. The young people repair homes and provide other help. One such team of teens is spending a week repairing Snyder's house. "They're going to put in new stairs for me," she said happily. And it needed paint desperately. Blocks away, other teens are working on Ursula Brett's home. They are removing wallpaper and preparing to paint the house. More than 400 teenagers from all over the U.S. take part in the service trips.
Title: Teen Service Group Aims to Help Others and Better Themselves
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/teenservice.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Teen Service Group Aims to Help Others and Better Themselves' data-article-id='4001'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8458'>Kate Snyder has been living in the same house in Severn, Maryland, for more than 18 years.</span> <span data-start-time='8458' data-end-time='10313'>I raised my son here.</span> <span data-start-time='10313' data-end-time='12500'>It was a beautiful place to raise a child.</span> <span data-start-time='12500' data-end-time='16250'>Now, I'm on my own and still enjoying it."</span> <span data-start-time='16250' data-end-time='21417'>But as the years pass, the house needs many repairs.</span> <span data-start-time='21417' data-end-time='31854'>Snyder, who is retired and still works two part-time jobs, does not have the money to pay for repairs.</span> <span data-start-time='31854' data-end-time='38292'>Enter Group Cares, a Christian-based aid organization.</span> <span data-start-time='38292' data-end-time='47354'>Each year, the group sends hundreds of teenagers on service trips across the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='47354' data-end-time='52417'>The young people repair homes and provide other help.</span> <span data-start-time='52417' data-end-time='59125'>One such team of teens is spending a week repairing Snyder's house.</span> <span data-start-time='59125' data-end-time='64271'>"They're going to put in new stairs for me," she said happily.</span> <span data-start-time='64271' data-end-time='67875'>And it needed paint desperately.</span> <span data-start-time='67875' data-end-time='73333'>Blocks away, other teens are working on Ursula Brett's home.</span> <span data-start-time='73333' data-end-time='78833'>They are removing wallpaper and preparing to paint the house.</span> <span data-start-time='78833' data-end-time='86458'>More than 400 teenagers from all over the U.S. take part in the service trips.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/spend_a_week.wav'><span>spend a week</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13347 data-hint-location='38292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/the_group_sends_young_people_on__blank_.wav'>The group sends young people on <span class='blank'>service trips</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='service trips'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/vacations.wav'><span>vacations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/road_trips.wav'><span>road trips</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3521/service_trips.wav'><span>service trips</span></div><div class='choice' 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