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Holli Pruitt is an adult volunteer at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. As of April, she has contributed over 900 hours. Children’s…
Edgefield County, South Carolina receives many foreign nationals in the area to provide agriculture help to the local farmers. Often, the nationals…
Parent and Child Guidance Center was founded in 1957 to focus on aiding individuals and their families through the trials of mental…
Ray Lovely’s enthusiasm and innovation have led to the expansion of Olympic National Park’s Volunteer-In-Parks (VIP) program. He greatly expanded the use…
Charlene Clark, pet therapist, and “Buster Brown,” a very special pet therapy dog, have been volunteering at New Hampshire Hospital since 1994.…
In 1999 Women and Children’s Horizons, Inc. expanded its Law Enforcement Advocacy Program (LEAP) in order to support victims at the scenes…
When Pat Morgan retired from Eastern Illinois University, where she had worked in the Print Center for more than 15 years, she…
The Ann Arbor YMCA’s Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) began through a competitive grant process from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation in…
Patti Neal was speaking to a dear friend of hers and found that her friend’s son had been diagnosed with Leukemia. Neal…
A Staten Island School Reading Volunteer serves the children of Staten Island so they can open the mind of a child, give…
Helping Our Pupils Excel (HOPE) Tutoring Center was established in 1996 as a neighborhood outreach program of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in…
Since its inception at Stonehill in 1992, Into the Streets (ITS) has been committed to engaging members of the Stonehill Community in…
Keith Walls exemplifies the victory of the human spirit and has dedicated his own life to the benefit of others. Walls is…
Carlos Sousa, Jr. has become one of the Milford Exploring Law Enforcement Post’s adult leaders after spending nearly five years involved in…
As a board-certified audioprosthologist, Blaine Smith understands the challenges facing individuals with hearing-impairments. It was still painful for him to learn, however,…
Eagle, Colorado is the county seat of Eagle County. This small rural town has a population of approximately 3,000 and is located…