(MC) Read these paragraphs and answer the question that ollows:
1. In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearty 20 million service hours to their communities. They made a
difference in people's lives
and learned some important life lessons in the process. Organizations, including schools, are actively
promoting service for all citizens as a way to be involved, help others, and improve themselves.
2. Service is helping other people and being active in your community. For example, one group of teens planted a community garden
with their friends. They grow a variety of vegetables. The garden requires regular care. The teens donate the produce to : local
soup kitchen. Workers there use the produce to help feed people in the community. By tending the garden and donating their
produce, the teens are actively helping make life a bit better for others in their community.
3. Service is valuable in ways that cannot be measured in dollars. People volunteer or serve others without expecting money or gifts
In return. Service is not about earning money. it is not just collecting money to give to a group. It is about action and contributing
to the common good. The people who serve as well as those who recelve help benefit in many ways that are more important than
money or gifts. For example, a soup kitchen provides essential food to people who may otherwise go hungry. The soup kitchen is
extremely valuable for those struggling to get enough to eat. Those serving learn about compassion and how helping others can
Improve life for all.
4. Millions of Americans are making society better for themselves and for others. They are participating citizens in their community,
raising up those who are less fortunate. In return, they become better people who can understand the perspectives and needs of
others, which are invaluable and important qualities of good citizens.
Which sentence is a support detail for paragraph three?
(5 points)
Service is valuable in ways that cannot be measured in dollars.
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Service is helping other people and being active in your community.
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Workers there use the produce to help feed people in the community.
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The soup kitchen is extremely valuable for those struggling to get enough to eat.