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Big Sunday helps build community through community service. The idea is that everyone has some way they can help. Last year, Big…
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies more than 40 percent of the nation’s…
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA) is an international service organization founded in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It is…
Alex Gordon, 14, is a junior at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Ill., and founder and coordinator of the Highland…
When Andrew Appleby was 15-years-old he started Make A Spash in his community of Akron, Ohio. Make A Splash is a USA…
The RSVP Vision Screening Team of Milwaukee, Wis. has dedicated countless hours to screening preschool children throughout the community. The local office…
Kids Care Club of the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) Twentynine Palms of California did incredible things in 2011. The children donated and…
The Disabled American Veterans Arizona Chapter 8 is an organization that provides an open office five days a week to assist veterans…
Jamie Hobson and Eloise Lynton of Los Angeles, Calif., have worked for more than a year to create The Book in a…
Alf Nelson is a native of New Orleans and a pastor at the NOLA Church Plant who has almost single-handedly revitalized an…