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May 31, 2002

Doing for others is what's important

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Editor: I am a Holocaust survivor and I have been asked many times how I survived this terrible experience. I say that I am blessed with a good sense of humor, acquired from my father.

I was recently honored for 50 years of volunteer community service on May 4 at Beth Israel Synagogue. I have been using my ability to speak several languages to help communicate with many Alzheimer's and other patients who are best able to converse in their native languages.

I have done much of this volunteer work over the years at various hospitals, the Kerrisdale Community Centre and the Louis Brier Home and Hospital.

I cannot remember when I was so emotionally touched or when I had such a beautiful experience in my lifetime.

What you do for others should be the most important thing in one's life.

Mancy Koenigsberg
Vancouver

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