McKindsay Dow spent summer helping students learn English

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LUELLA DOW, Contributor | Last updated Aug 29, 2014 2:45pm0

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McKindsay Dow volunteered with ELS, helping students through six levels of learning the English language. She also volunteered at the Women and Chilldren's Free Restaurant and Community Kitchen.

(Editor's Note: McKindsay Dow is Luella Dow's granddaughter)

McKindsay Dow, Wayne Dow's daughter, spent around 50 hours this summer as a volunteer with three other students from Gonzaga Prep Higth School. They worked with people studying English as a second language.

"There were three levels of English classes," McKindsay said. "The level two class was reserved for those students who had just arrived in the United States, or those who spoke very little English. This class was sometimes very difficult to work with."

McKindsay mentions that it is interesting to talk with the students who had com...