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Today's post is reposted from the AT&T Consumer blog published on Nov. 8, 2012. It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? With…
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Shabar Mohajer-Irvani, chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, believes in leading by example and giving back to his community. He volunteers…
First Class Petty Officer Rudy Liverpool not only serves his country in the U.S. Navy, he always has an eye on volunteer…
Bill Bryant, a member of the Milburn Masonic Lodge, leads the organization’s efforts to raise funds to support various social service agencies…
Nancy Ballard founded RTR4C because she saw a real need to reach out to those who are often marginalized because of cancer…
Post written by Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light and author of Be The Change. Over the next five years, more…
Stella Bressler, 90, has volunteered at the University of Texas Southwestern Hospital for 43 years and has contributed 125,000 hours as a…
Today's post is republished from GOOD.is on Nov. 8, written by Ayesha Khanna, president of the Civic Incubator at Points of Light,…
Stephen Wampler is determined to show kids with disabilities all over the world that they can achieve anything they want. He’s so…
Through TennisSERVES, Sejal Vallabh has brought a mainstream sport to an underserved community. Sejal uses adaptive technology to teach the sport. The…
Public service announcements (PSAs) are a promising solution to one of the primary obstacles facing nonprofits: media access. With social media platforms…
Ashley Pittman is a senior nursing major at Georgia College and State University who actively works to help a variety of people…