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Paul Bales’service to the people of Blount County, Tennessee began when he was just a child. He is employed with The Daily…
The Green River Area Development District “Senior Connections” AmeriCorps seeks to improve the quality of life for the at-risk elderly in Western…
Volunteers for Peace (VFP) has been a Vermont nonprofit membership corporation since 1982. VFP is totally membership supported and is in partnership…
Although volunteer participation in meeting the public safety needs of the community has been a long-standing tradition of civilization, Don Haidl has…
Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA), Norfolk provides a wide variety of community service efforts through the Adopt-a-School program with area elementary and…
Rusti Lang, a senior at Santana High School in Santee, California, was like many other students involved in the line of fire…
Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society is dedicated to helping people when disaster strikes, as seen through Woodmen’s Disaster Relief…
Vivian Hanson Meehan, R.N., D.Sc. serves as President and Executive Director of the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD),…
Madge Burton lost three of her children at one time in a brutal murder and had to deal with the paralysis of…
After her teenage son was shot to death, Debbie Parnham wanted to prevent others from a life of devastation and pain, so…
Jenny Evans has been involved in service and volunteerism her entire life. She has traveled to foreign countries to offer aid and…
Hundreds of mentally ill adults in two Central Florida counties have fought the stigma of their illness, regained some measure of self-esteem…
Foster Grandparents at Lincoln Hills have been serving incarcerated youth for 28 years. They have been assisting teachers with adolescents who are…
Bill Derby is a 78-year-old gentleman who has lived a life of service. In 1958, after the death of his five-year-old daughter,…
Christian Whitton has been a role model in his community since the age of nine; at that time he began to serve…
One of the major contributors to students not reaching their potential academically is the lack of one-on-one in reviewing and understanding material…