Last Saturday was supposed to be the best day ever. My friend Ollie’s cousin Jeff was in town and we were going to have a_______beach day. I’d been_______the beach all week, which is why I was upset when Ollie’s grandma, Abuela, made the big_______. “The weather report says this storm is going to get even stormier, so we’ll have to_______around home today.”

“But what about our_______to show Jeff the ocean?” said Ollie.

“I’m sorry.” Abuela_______. “Today will be an inside day.”

We decided to play games. We turned on the computer, got all_______to play, and then the computer turned off.

“The lights_______! The wind must have_______down a power line,” said Abuela.

No power________no computer and no TV. The best outside day just turned into the________inside day! Perhaps we could only________we were doing fun stuff.

After a while, Abuela placed a bunch of pens and paper and a hat on the coffee table. “Why don’t you each write down three________and put them into the hat? You’ll end up with enough activities to________the afternoon.”

We weren’t________jumping up and down about the suggestion, but it was better than nothing. So we

________Abuela’s hat idea. “OK,” Jeff said, reading the first idea out loud. “Come up with a name for a new band.” We wrote about 20 super-silly band names, then________a winner: the Radically Rockin’ River Rats.

________, we enjoyed the activities.

Anyway, dear Bored, I________trying Abuela’s rainy-day hat idea. It doesn’t exactly________an incredible time at the beach, but it does help you feel a lot less bad for yourself when you’re stuck inside.

Last year, my friend, Kydee Williams, and I started a non-profit project because we wanted to do charity work differently. Thus, The Pop-Up Care Shop was _________.

TPUCS is a traveling shop of _________ donated goods for people in need. During the holidays, we _________ clothing drives and then went to women’s shelters. Our main goal was to help inspire women who were _________ with hope as well as bring a little holiday cheer to our local communities. _________ any project or movement wasn’t easy. Brainstorming and coming up with cool ideas was the _________ part, but actually bringing those ideas to life can seem almost _________ at times. However, there were lessons about _________ that we didn’t fully realize until we started this journey.

From our experience, we learned smaller shelters, especially those in less-commercialized areas were often _________ when it came to getting community support. Actually, they were typically more __________ to new and creative ideas and would greatly welcome __________ who offered help. Under our inspiration, many __________ people devoted themselves to non-profit work. Many shelters are understaffed and the staff overworked. Working directly with them helped us __________ the specific needs of the shelter.

While material things like food, clothes, money, and shelter can help people survive, what __________ helps people live is the intangible (无形) necessities like love, presence, patience. Even though we can’t help every single person in the world, we can __________ a world of difference for at least one person.

Brooklyn Andracke is a big fan of her garbage man, Delvar Dopson, who always honks (按汽车喇叭) and _________ when passing her house every Thursday morning. "To Brooklyn, he is our _________ smiley garbage man," her mother, Traci Andracke said.

Brooklyn's interest in Dopson _________ because his truck would drive by their house in Illinois every Thursday right around the time Traci and Brooklyn were _________ the daycare center. When the pair started going outside to see the truck, Brooklyn _________ Dopson driving the huge truck. "It became all about him after that," Traci said. "It wasn't the 'garbagetruck' anymore, but it was the 'garbage man that she _________ to see."

So on April 7, when Brooklyn turned 3, the little girl wanted to _________ part of her big day with him. She patiently _________ outside her home until Dopson pulled onto their street. When Traci waved to Dopson, Brooklyn _________ him with one of her birthday cupcakes.

"As a mom, I can't even describe how __________ it made me that she got to__________ meet him," Traci said.

Dopson was "immediately speechless," Traci said. "I __________ to him that he makes our day every Thursday, and we really __________ the honking and waving, and how special a day it is for us," she added. "After he left, we continued on to daycare. Brooklyn was unusually quiet in the backseat. I asked her if she was okay, and she __________ and nodded happily."

The following week, Dopson gave Brooklyn a belated (迟来的) birthday __________. It was a toy from her favorite movie, "Frozen". In return, Brooklyn made him a thank-you note, which he's since displayed with __________ in his truck.

Traci said her family was __________ by the level of attention her daughter and Dopson had __________. The mom said, "A __________ gesture—a honk, wave, smile—doesn't take much effort. Just do it. You never know who is on the receiving end of that and how it can really __________ their day.