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Inspired Maple Grove Kids Work for Peace

Two young Maple Grove residents inspired to make a better world began a Kids for Peace chapter in the Maple Grove area.

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Maple Grove resident Suzie Iverson-Rivers said her daughters, Teagan, 8, and Mikhala, 9, were motivated to make the world a more peaceful place.

"My daughter Teagan was really bothered by all the things in the news," Iverson-Rivers said.

The Press and News reported that after some research, Iverson-Rivers and her daughters found the Kids for Peace organization, a nonprofit that works to create peace through youth leadership, community service, global friendships and acts of kindness.

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Iverson-Rivers and her daughters decided to start a Kids for Peace chapter in the Maple Grove and Osseo area. It is the first Kids for Peace chapter in Minnesota.

On Aug. 20, the Maple Grove-Osseo Kids for Peace chapter held its first meeting. Later that day, the kids delivered cookies, cards and flowers to the Osseo Police Department to thank them for their service.

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Thanking the police was one of the Kids for Peace member’s ideas.

Read more at the Press and News.

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