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Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) was founded in 1986 to improve global health through education. Since then, over 3,800 health professionals have donated…
Hospice volunteer, Elizabeth “Liz” M. Kirkman, is one of those people who just does what needs to be done, no questions asked.…
In the late 1980s, Jacqueline “Jackie” McAdam created and became the chairperson for the Katahdin Area Support Group for those with cancer.…
Many children of today’s rural South are denied exposure to the arts because they live in households where survival is the critical…
Dr. Richard Hudson retired as a family physician in the fall of 1998. Soon after, he worked with the members of Saint…
Established in 1988, The Windham Region Homeless Coalition consists of individuals and agencies concerned with the housing needs of the people in…
Lakeside High School Key Club was founded in the fall of 1995 when the late Meryl Reed, a life-long member of the…
Ted and Lucy Prettyman, mentors in the Youth and Families with Promise (YFP) Youth at Risk mentoring program, have been a positive…
Marcia McFarland-Gray is a resident of Clarksburg where she is an active volunteer with the Clarksburg School, and the Clarksburg After School…
The Learning Lab is a nonprofit organization that provides individualized educational programs in Adult Basic Skills, English as a Second Language, and…
Richard Kelly has spent the past seven years serving the Department of Children and Families in the Volusia, Florida area. He is…
Inspired by Mother Teresa, Fallan Branco has started her own organization, Teen Angels, which identifies people in her community who are in…
Currently president of the PTA at Stansbury Elementary, Sherie Braunersrither spends countless hours at school, seeing what needs to be done and…
For the past three years, Dick Schwinkendorf has served as the Warehouse Manager for the United Way of Martin County’s Volunteer and…
Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) is no stranger to the City of Alexandria. Since 1974, it has been providing pre- and post-release…
Michael “Mike” Aponte joined the Making a Difference Foundation (MADF) family in April of 2000 and has been a key player for…