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Florida Teen Runs Boutique Clothing Store For Girls in Need
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1-15-2008 1:30 PM
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Teen gives other teen girls a little dose of confidence.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5bc4f321-9ee8-4a00-bc8e-5cc173cc2ce0/B5D20F47-664C-4277-BBD6-0DF068EBD0F7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm" href="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.happynews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.happynews.com/img/5BA65BD5-3C71-4A53-B4CD-56A6CE92D438" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm">Lindsay, 17, oversees a boutique offering clothing to girls in foster care, handling $1 million worth of donated <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">apparel</SPAN></FONT></A> last year from designers, retailers and people from as far away as Tokyo.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm">Taylor's Closet</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.happynews.com/news/1132008/fla-teen-runs-boutique-foster-girls.htm">now serves about 300 young women in the Fort Lauderdale area, each getting up to six <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">garments</SPAN></FONT></A> a month. 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