I work for a non-profit organization that serves children with disabilities. A particular ________ made me appreciate it even more.

Last Friday we took them to an amusement park. I was ________ with three girls who all had Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合征). They were having a great time, regardless of the ________ and looks from people around us.

The girls were ________ and screaming in excitement on a roller coaster ride, when a young woman patted me on the shoulder. She politely told me that she ________ the girls had Down’s syndrome. I told her yes.

I couldn’t ________ what she next said to me. She ________ me that she had just had a baby who was diagnosed (诊断) with Down’s syndrome, and that she had been most worried if her baby would be able to experience joy and live a life full of ________. She then went on to say that watching these girls made her relieved, because she saw how happy they were. Then, she ________ me for talking to her and giving her the best gift she could have asked for: ________.

I am so ________ that these three amazing girls were able to make this mother feel a sense of ________—that they gave her the hope and ________ that her baby will experience a happy life. Every time I think about his, I can’t help but ________. These kids that I am so ________ to work with and their smiling faces are major reasons why I smile.

When Eric Darko arrived in Seattle from Ghana to participate in a professional leadership exchange program in 2015, he had no idea that his visit would be ________ — not only for himself, but also for the people in his community back _______.

The 33-year-old biochemist, who _______ in a regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority, a state agency in Ghana, _______ being ＂moved＂ by the experience of volunteering at Northwest Harvest, Washington’s only statewide non-profit _______ distributor.

＂I had never seen a food bank before. The _______ of hungry people coming in and picking up food really _______ me,＂ Mr. Darko says. ＂I am the kind of person who likes ______. I remember saying in our closing meeting I would open a food bank in Ghana.＂

Five months ago, he kept his _______, launching Eastern Harvest Food Bank in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It’s believed to be the first food bank in the country with warehouse operations.

Ghana is a country of about 28 million people. Despite its relatively small size, it ________ a fast-growing economy because of natural ________ such as gold, diamonds, and oil. It also has a strong agricultural sector, and the government is pushing more _______ in vegetable production.

Over the years, the government has made ________ gains in fighting hunger. Yet even with much progress, food ________ remains a problem.

With two assistants helping Darko as well as volunteers, Eastern Harvest Food Bank is ________ on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It provides people ________ — generally local residents who are age 50 or older — with ________ such as rice, beans, tomato paste, sugar and ________else. Since its launch, Eastern Harvest Food Bank has ________ more than 2,400 people.＂Some days we run out of food,＂ Darko admits. ＂We need more ________.＂

So far at least 54 volunteers, some of whom work for the Municipal Nutrition Office, have given their time to help distribute food. And some return with donations.

About 15 years ago, Andrew McLindon, a businessman and enthusiastic cyclist, was riding his bike in Austin, when he thought about a friend’s 12-year-old son. The boy had never known the ________ of biking because he suffered from hydrocephalus (脑积水), a buildup of fluid in the brain that often causes ________ disturbances.

When he got home, McLindon, now 60, went online and found a three-wheel recumbent bike (斜躺自行车) with a seat belt, ________ for a child with balance issues. Soon the boy was ________ around the street with his peers, having fun and getting exercise. But there was more, as McLindon collected from his friend’s ________ “To see his son interacting with other kids,” McLindon says. “I’ll never forget the smile on the father’s face.”

That smile ________ the McLindon Family Foundation. Funded by donations, the group works with pediatric rehab clinics to ________ children who can benefit from owning a(n) ________ bike and to help craft each bike to the ________ needs of the child. A bike may include a headrest, a shoulder harness, a seat belt, and a caregiver’s steering and braking mechanism in the back. The bikes are expensive — $3,000 to $4,000, and without the manufacturer’s ________, they cost more. For kids ________ enough to get one, they’re a life ________.

“We worked with a 14-year-old who has spina bifida (脊椎裂),” says McLindon. “She spent most days on the couch watching TV. Soon after she got her bike, she was training for special-needs triathlons (铁人三项). In a magazine interview, she said, ‘I always knew there was a(n) ________ in me.’”

So far, the foundation has ________ 450 bikes, and that’s just a ________. “I do a lot of things. I run a lot of companies,” McLindon says. “But getting these kids their bikes is the most important thing and there is a long way to go.”