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===Hey, I'm Joey, I live in Ghost Town, Nebraska on Spooky Hollow Road. 12 years old is my age and I am in seventh grade in Lincoln Middle School. Down the road from my house is an abandoned old amusement park. All of the kids are too afraid to go there, but I have the guts to go and look inside. Others may think that I am crazy to think of going beyond the gates, if my parents ever let me. Courage is what I would call it.===

===Everyone thinks that it is haunted. I just think of it being a fun adventure waiting to be discovered. I am not sure why so many people are scared of it. Could it be because the name of the town, road, or that it's mail box number is 13? Back and forth, I pass by the park wanting to sneak in. The only thing that stops me is the voice repeating inside my head saying "Do not do it, your mom insisted that you not".=== ===For the first time, I saw some people at the front gate. It was weird though because a girl was running towards me. Suddenly it hit me, that was Grace from my school. "What are you doing here?" I asked.===

==="My family own this park. These are my grandparents. They used to run this place before that bad tornado hit. Now they have no income. Suddenly, they have to live in the shack on the property because their house is under foreclosure." said Grace.===

==="Maybe if you raise a lot of money,"Grace said sarcastically. She invited Joey beyond the gate to have something to eat. It was a difficult choice to make. Joey had stop and think about if he should go with her.===

==="Would my mom get upset?" I thought " Should I go in?" While I entered, I realized that there were some more important decisions to make. Will my mom get mad that I am helping? Should I even get involved in their business? My family does not have a lot of money to spare, so what will my parents think and what can I do?===

===Then I realized that my parent have a lot of experience with fundraising and I told them the story about Grace's grandparents. Luckily, my parents said that it was fine that I had offered to help. Within a couple of weeks, my parents helped me set up a web site (that went viral) tens of thousands of people are wanting to help. Who doesn't like an amusement park? We spread the word around school. Helping Hand Charity was nice enough to come and rebuild their amusement park. This event grew so big that even Governor Mitt Romney and President Obama came to get their hands dirty in the building. Now that amusement park is one of the most famous in the world and is run by Grace's grandparents. As for me, I guess I made a good decision to help. Out of that, I got a pass to go into the park every day.===

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