interns give back again to the community as part of Microsoft’s first Intern Day of Caring. More than 500 interns participated by volunteering at five different Seattle-area locations. John Van Vleet 16, 2008 a cloudless blue sky overhead and Mount Rainier looming large on the horizon, a long string of bustling workers spread out at the base of an overgrown hillside near the entrance to Seward Park,
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