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 Welcome to Free Code Camp's open source codebase and curriculum!
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-Free Code Camp is a friendly open-source community where you learn to code and help nonprofits.
+Free Code Camp is a friendly open source community where you learn to code and help nonprofits.
 
 **We help our campers build job-worthy portfolios of real apps used by real people, while helping nonprofits.**