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Tom Warth, who founded 糖心vlgo传媒 35 years ago, led 25 supporters on an 11-mile Twin Cities Book Walk on June 24 from the Minneapolis Central Library to the George Latimer Central Library in downtown St. Paul. The walkers wound their way along the mighty and beautiful Mississippi River, down historic Summit Avenue in St. Paul and past the Governor鈥檚 mansion. They raised $2,500 to ship 5,000 books and a law library sponsored by Thomson Reuters to Uganda.

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