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Peace Corps wish fulfilled years later
By Korie Wilkins and Andrew Seaman, USA TODAY
Bonnie Jean Campbell, 57, says she toyed with the idea of joining the Peace Corps in her youth. Instead, she had children and a busy job as a research librarian.
Her children are now grown, and Campbell, of Port Huron, Mich., is packing to leave for Azerbaijan on Sept. 20.
"I wasn't sitting around waiting to join," said Campbell, who owns a consulting firm. "But about a year ago, I started thinking about it. Now, it's my turn."
Campbell is among a growing number of Baby Boomers applying to serve in the Corps. An Internet marketing campaign begun last year targeted at the 78 million Americans born from 1946-64 is fueling that growth, says Christine Torres, a public affairs specialist with the Peace Corps recruiting office in Chicago.
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