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Deeply affected by news that several lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teens had taken their own lives due to bullying, Amelia…
Meredith Iler founded Helping a Hero to raise money to build special needs homes. Since 2006, her organization has built more than…
Chris Sleeper, a volunteer firefighter and EMT for more than 16 years, recently received the 2012 C&S Volunteer of the Year Award…
Although food kitchens and homeless shelters are doing all they can to feed and house those living in poverty, there are many…
Wanting to give back to the hospital that helped him, Tony Kernan volunteered to update the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital’s patient orientation…
Cyndie Shepard founded Creating the Future, a program that offers direct academic tutoring in elementary, middle and high schools that lack funding,…
A former foster child herself, Helen Ramagalia founded Foster SuperStars to serve as a mentoring program for foster children in her community.…
The Mississippi Boy choir is a volunteer-driven organization whose mission is to enhance young men’s educations, character and social lives through song.…
Bullying is no longer about the strong picking on the weak. Bullying has been replaced by a 24/7 online monster – cyber…
Jill Kirkwood came to Safe Haven Ministries looking to get involved in any way she could to help end domestic abuse. After…
Jimmy Willerton, a 14-year-old Eagle Scout, saw first-hand the destruction of a natural disaster on May 22, 2011, when an F5 tornado…
Jeremy Smith, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, is a dedicated volunteers who does everything he can to help his…