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Naval JROTC, Oxford High School

The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) has been in existence since 1964 to address the need for youth to understand…

Sep 28, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Urban Technology Project

In 1996, Edison Freire, a bilingual science teacher in North Philadelphia's Edison Fareira High School, set out to help close the 'digital…

Sep 27, 1999 By: jaytennier

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The Wild Horse Gang

The Wild Horse Gang, so named because of the history of "gangs" in northwest Oklahoma like Jesse and Frank James and the…

Sep 24, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Rosa Whitt

In 1976, Rosa Whitt retired from 34 years of teaching and acquired a full-time, self-employed job helping people through volunteerism. First, she…

Sep 23, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Charles Phillips

In the fall of 1996, Charles Phillips and his wife Ann Harmon Phillips were asked by the South Greenville Elementary School Parent…

Sep 22, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Faye Melvin-Brown

Faye Melvin-Brown has been a volunteer crisis intervention counselor at Women in Transition for more than eight and a half years. In…

Sep 21, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Rachel Kersnter

Since the summer of 1993, Rachel Kersnter has been dedicated to meeting the emotional needs of senior citizens through her gift of…

Sep 20, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Brooke Point High School Learn and Serve

Stafford, VA is described as a most ordinary place, with its share of both good and bad. The town, admittedly, does not…

Sep 17, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Marcella Garner

Republic is a small community outside of Springfield, MO that is made of mostly hard-working middle and lower middle class citizens. Before…

Sep 16, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Book Nook Volunteers

The Book Nook, the staging area for donated books and other materials, is staffed by dedicated volunteers who collect, sort and prepare…

Sep 15, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Colman McCarthy

In 1982, Colman McCarthy, a then-syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, went to the inner city high school nearest to his office…

Sep 14, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Micah Inoue

In 1998, a Kennebunk High School sophomore, Matthew Barry was diagnosed with a form of cancer that required amputation of his lower…

Sep 13, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Angela Bronson

Angela Bronson, a third grade teacher within the Los Angeles Unified School District, piloted an intergenerational program in 1995. Monthly, Bronson brings…

Sep 10, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Operation Care, Inc.

In 1982, a member of a combined group of church ushers, known as the Wilson County Ushers Fellowship, lost her home to…

Sep 9, 1999 By: jaytennier

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BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE Volunteer Corps

An increasingly urgent plight in today's society is that of children whose families can no longer provide proper care for them. Whether…

Sep 8, 1999 By: jaytennier

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Community Suicide Prevention Committee

On December 2, 1997, a 15-year-old shot and killed himself. This young man became the 11th adolescent (ages 12-23) to take their…

Sep 7, 1999 By: jaytennier

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