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Geneva Johnson is the founder and executive director of a youth service organization that seeks to build pride and self-esteem among young…
Ammu Irivinti, created an AIDS information and awareness Web site to provide both comprehensive facts about the disease and a forum for…
Erika J. Barger, who just turned eighteen, has volunteered hundreds of hours to serving her school, community, and country, and her efforts…
Ada Real was employed part time as a Senior Aide with Council Bluff’s Volunteer Bureau . She assisted the Administrative Director and…
Polly Cordell is an exceptional example of a volunteer based on her vision, community service efforts and passion for positively impacting illiteracy.…
Leo Kofoot has spent his lifetime volunteering. A magazine article contained this quote: “The community has done a lot for us and…
Dr. Edward Hertko founded Camp Hertko Hollow 39 years ago. It is Iowa’s camp for children with diabetes. He also helped found…
Dexter Craigie is an outstanding leader and an exemplary volunteer. He recruited 25 reading mentors for the Teen Trendsetter reading program at…
Hillary Hughes, a member of the Girl Scouts Swift Water Council and a fifth-grader at Peter Woodbury School, founded a nonprofit foundation…
Kathleen Casasa Blouin, a senior at Deering High School, helps plan and lead counseling programs to ease the emotional trauma that children…
Victoria LeBlanc, a member of Vermilion Parish 4-H and a home-school high school graduate, organized an annual talent show that raised more…
Ryan Ernstes, a freshman at The Walker School in Marietta, organized a five-kilometer race called the “Hot Lips Hustle." Ryan started the…
Stephanie Abston, a ninth grader at Evergreen High School, has raised more than $6,400 over the past five years by making and…
Jason Tolkin, a junior at Mercer Island High School, formed a nonprofit corporation called “Beams and Dreams” that organizes free boat outings…
Logan Medlin, an eighth-grader at Tatum Junior High School, is an active volunteer and fundraiser for a program that provides free meals…