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The Jackson Servant Leadership Corps (JSLC) is an ecumenical service and leadership development program employing young adults for 12 months of community…
Abby Weinzer was born with Pierre Robin Syndrome, a rare muscular skeleton condition that causes chronic skeletal pain and hearing loss. When…
Ignacio, Colorado, is a small, isolated town which boasts a population of 800 residents. Alcohol and drugs offer easy diversion to the…
Javine “J.C.” Miller has taken the mission and vision of Dollars for Scholars and personally mobilized it across the state of Iowa.…
The Sharing Hope About Recovery Experiences (SHARE) Program is a community outreach program based at Federal Medical Center Carswell, a prison for…
Carol Pratt has been a volunteer leader for 4-H for five consecutive years. She has assumed a leadership role in six 4-H…
Isobel Holmes is an 89-year-old ball of energy! She has been active in the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) since 1982. Eighteen years…
The oldest pediatric hospice in the nation is Edmarc Hospice for Children in Norfolk, Virginia. Founded in 1977, Edmarc serves more than…
Generations Incorporated was born of the conviction that the separate needs of youth and senior citizens could be addressed by bringing the…
There is a special group of retirees contributing thousands of hours to Mote Marine Laboratory and the marine world. They remember when…
Five years ago the members of The Community Church (United Church of Christ) of Vero Beach made a commitment to the children…
A 1996 national survey estimates that approximately a quarter of America’s homeless are veterans of military service, those once among our society’s…
The Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) of Memphis, Tennessee, encompasses more than 30 different programs, serving thousands of individuals. The MIFA Meals program…
An article in the local newspaper that threatened the elimination of general music classes and the scaling back of art and music…
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In 1976, North Town community resident Alvin Carter-Bey and a handful of other residents met to discuss the relatively few sports, nutritional…