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-## Hacktoberfest Participation
+## 🎃 Hacktoberfest Participation
 
-🎃[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com) is upon us once again. If you're participating, we've got a new "Hacktoberfest" PR label available to use. Tag your PR with that label and we'll try to prioritize it when reviewing and merging. Offer good until Oct 31.
+[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com) is upon us once again. If you're participating, we've got a new "Hacktoberfest" PR label available to use. Tag your PR with that label and we'll try to prioritize it when reviewing and merging. Offer good until Oct 31.
 
 Happy hacking! 👻