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 ### Hacktoberfest :tada:
 
-Are you participating to [Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/)? Go check out our [Welcome New Developers project board][welcome-dev]! We have curated all issues we consider to be a good starting point for new members of the community and categorized them by skills and level of complexity. 
+Are you participating in [Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/)? Go check out our [Welcome New Developers project board][welcome-dev]! We have curated all issues we consider to be a good starting point for new members of the community and categorized them by skills and level of complexity. 
 Have a look and pick the one you would prefer working on!
 
 ## Provisioning