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Ask Mary Davidson Cohen why she donates so much time and money to her community and she’ll tell you, “I love what I do, dear.” 
 

Is it their enormous, fringe-lashed eyes? Or their crooked, silly grins? All Tina Cochran, 46, knows for certain is that when she brought three alpacas home, she fell in love. “They have a really calm aura about them and they make a gentle humming noise when they want attention,” she says.  

It was an uneventful day near the end of a medical mission in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, where the team of volunteer doctors, nurses and support staff had been offering free clinics and surgeries for locals. Dr.

“There’s a hole in my finger from sewing,” Nedra Bonds announces. She’s seated at a long table inside the Women’s Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Stacked in front of her is a heap of colorful cloth squares, each about the size of a textbook.

Show a picture of your adorable new puppy to Britton Hunter and the first words out of her mouth probably won’t include “cute.”
 
 
More likely: “Did you adopt?”
 
To gain her immediate respect, “yes” would be the appropriate response.