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When writing on a topic, a writer will include both important and unimportant details.  

Read the following articles from Time For Kids.  Choose the detail that is unimportant or of less importance to the topic.
 
Camille Mahlknecht, 9, has big fun planned for this
  weekend. She and other folks in Agoura Hills, California, plan to pick up trash. That's fun? It is for Camille! "It makes me
  feel terrific inside to help out and make the community
  clean," she says.

  Alan Torres Nobrega, 9, will be busy volunteering too.
  Thousands of miles away in Natal, Brazil, Alan plans to help
  plant trees in a valley near his school.

  More than 3 million young Americans and millions of kids
  from 127 other countries will also lend a hand to their
  communities on April 11. That's when National and Global
  Youth Service Day begins. The event is run by Youth Service
  America (YSA) with the Global Youth Action Network.

    

It's not surprising that so many kids plan to participate.
  This winter, the TV show Zoom asked almost 10,000 American kids if they volunteer. Nearly 8,000 said that they do!

  School is a big reason why. Most U.S. schools offer service
  activities. Many schools make these activities part of
  classroom lessons.

  Dave DeCicco works for YSA. He says parents also play a big
  role: "Parents are encouraging their kids to volunteer and
  doing it with them."

  Volunteering is good for you and good for your community.
  So grab a paintbrush, shovel or whatever you need to help
  out. If you're like Camille and Alan, you'll love how it makes
  you feel. Even dirty work can be fun, if it's for a good cause.

    

Six-foot-tall golfer MICHELLE WIE (Wee), 13, is head and
  shoulders above most of the competition. She proved that at a March 30 tournament. Michelle tied for ninth place to become
  the youngest player ever to finish in the Top 10 at a Ladies
  Professional Golf Association Tour event. But she had to pass
  up the $35,600 prize she won. She is an amateur, or someone
  who does not compete for money. Michelle is from Hawaii.
  She took up golf at age 4. She hopes to someday play at the
  all-male Masters tournament. "It is possible," she says.
    
                                                                      
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