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| <div style="padding:20px">< | | <div style="padding:20px"><font size="5">'''Wondering about your heritage?''' | ||
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Helpful volunteers are ready to assist you in discovering <br /> | Helpful volunteers are ready to assist you in discovering <br /> | ||
your ancestors and their story. | your ancestors and their story. | ||
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| [[File:TempeFHC pexels-suzy-hazelwood-3095105.jpg|420px|Center|thumb|<center>(Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels)</center>]] | | [[File:TempeFHC pexels-suzy-hazelwood-3095105.jpg|420px|Center|thumb|<center>(Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels)</center>]] | ||
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| <div style="padding:20px">< | | <div style="padding:20px"><font size="3">''“'''In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep''',''</font> | ||
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''to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we have <br>'' | ''to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we have <br>'' | ||
''come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow '' <br> | ''come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow '' <br> | ||
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''a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.”''<br> | ''a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.”''<br> | ||
<br>Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family | <br>Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family | ||
| <div style="padding:20px">< | | <div style="padding:20px"><font size="2">'''Research shows that...</font> | ||
< | <font size="3">'''Children who know a lot about their families:''' | ||
*Do better than other children when facing challenges. | *Do better than other children when facing challenges. | ||
*Are more resilient, and have higher self-esteem. | *Are more resilient, and have higher self-esteem. | ||
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*Believe that their family functions successfully. | *Believe that their family functions successfully. | ||
*Feel that they belong to something larger than themselves. | *Feel that they belong to something larger than themselves. | ||
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/the-family-stories-that-bind-us-this-life.html “The Stories That Bind Us”, Bruce Feiler, New York Times, 3/15/2013] | [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/the-family-stories-that-bind-us-this-life.html “The Stories That Bind Us”, Bruce Feiler, New York Times, 3/15/2013] | ||
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[[Category:Arizona Family History Centers]] | [[Category:Arizona Family History Centers]] | ||