Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (3)___ one another since the early days of the country.

(1)___ January 17th 1995, a powerful earthquake (2) ____ the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) __ or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _____  working together to (5) ___ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6)___ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) ___ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _____. They worked out a system to send (9)_____ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _____ food, water, clothes to different parts of the city. Some volunteers took (11) ______ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.

Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _____ from all over the world back in 1995.

(1)___ January 17th 1995

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They (5)_____it!

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (1) _______. According to the US government statistics, about one-fifth of the American (2) _________ volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (3)___ one another since the early days of the country. Americans volunteer not because they are forced or (4) ______ to do it. They (5)_____it! Traditional volunteer activities include (6)____  money for people in need, cooking and (7)___ food, doing general (8)_____  such as clean-up, and home (9)_____, providing transportation such as giving rides to the (10) ____ , and tutoring or mentoring young people.

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (1) _______.

Some volunteers took (11) ______ of children who had lost their parents.

doing general activities such as clean-up and home (9)____,

Traditional volunteer activities include (6)____  money for people in need, cooking and (7)___ food,