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Ms. Bailey serves as a mentor to the young people at the Napolean and Ada Moton Chapman Institute. She teaches life skills,…
Katharine’s Wish provides comfort to children receiving medical care in Minnesota and Wisconsin For almost six years, Katharine’s Wish has donated over…
Martha Burger has spent the past 24 years providing access to health care to low-income, uninsured individuals as a volunteer nurse at…
Fresh Youth Initiatives, Inc. (FYI) is a youth development organizations located in New York’s upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. FYI encourages…
Every Tuesday morning, volunteers at Grace Church United Methodist in Greensboro, North Carolina serve an average of 150 people hot breakfast. Since…
Over the past ten years, Doug Clott has spent countless hours as the president of Newton Girls Softball, a non-profit organization committed…
Jerry Branski founded the Two Lives One Heart Foundation in Franklin, Wisconsin. The organization provides services not covered by insurance to individuals…
Talia Fradkin in Wellington, Florida addresses math literacy through tutoring and by offering computer help to groups and individuals free of charge.…
Laurie Hood discovered countless animals were being euthanized due to the lack of a no-kill shelter/adoption organization in the Walton County area.…
At 75 years young, Whitey Smith of Rogers, Arkansas is known for saying “I do it for the kids.” In high school,…
Each week for the past six years, Marilyn Serrano volunteers at PS/MS 57 James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy in New York. Serrano,…
Taylor Leong has spent the past eight years serving sick-disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. When Leong was seven, her best…
The Harvest House Committee, a subset of Valley United Way’s Corporate Volunteer Council, tackles hunger by collecting food in a unique way…