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Ariel Escobar is one of five cofounders, and a former president, of Somos la Llave del Futuro. The activist group was formed…
Retired college professor Dr. Jeanne Mather has a long history of service, including voluntarily teaching Spanish once a week to fifth graders for the past two…
Darla Loveland is a volunteer for the Nibley, Utah-based Little Lambs Foundation for Kids. The organization provides comfort kits to children who…
An active volunteer in her community, Linda Johnston has served as a CASA volunteer, senior companion and foster grandparent with the Americorps…
High school student Abhishek Mohan has become an invaluable member of the volunteer team at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science…
Cathleen O’Bryan Murphy uses every opportunity she has to help clean up the planet – and inspire others in her local Jacksonville,…
Breast cancer survivor Tiah Tomlin has made it her mission to help other women affected by cancer connect, share their journeys and…
Jackie Wan, 86, is the director of the Singing Messengers Choral Group. The choir provides music for residents of senior living facilities…
Mike Ciulis is one of Catholic Charities West Michigan’s most invaluable volunteers. He is known as the “go-to” guy in their Muskegon Food…
Danbury, Connecticut, resident Mary Gallo Teicholz has organized the town’s annual “Walk of Honor” event for the past six years. The event…