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May 6, 2009

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." --Mother Teresa

Angels on the Atlantic

Vince and Jeanie Hubach always wanted to share the sandier side of life with others. The couple now run a nonprofit called Angels on the Atlantic that makes it easy -- and free -- for local city kids to visit the beach. Some of the kids have never felt sand between their toes, inspected a seashell, or even seen waves. It's not that they live so far inland -- they're from the Philadelphia area, only an hour's drive away. The idea for the organization came 16 years ago to Vince, who was working in poorer sections of cities in the area. "Kids would be hanging around while I was working," he recalls. "I'd say, 'Why don't you go to the beach?' They just looked at me like, 'The beach?'" This summer alone, the Hubachs are expecting to take 5,000 children.