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Camp Care-A-Lot, established in 1994 by volunteer community members, helps children aged 6-10 to build self-esteem and teaches children how to manage…
Michael White is the volunteer that every nonprofit organization desires. He is outgoing, dedicated, and always willing to pitch in. To the…
Ashley Peterson, a 17-year-old high school student enrolled in Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, has identified a need in the community, conceived…
The volunteers of the Civic Literacy Project believe that young people can be community assets and the force for civic renewal. Founded…
Mike Miyagishima has been a certified police officer on a strictly volunteer basis since 1983. He assists with several law enforcement agencies,…
In the past 13 years, Dorothy Brockman has contributed more than 4,000 volunteer hours to help some of Greenville’s neediest children, teens,…
Chief Petty Officer Karl Little always finds not only one, but many ways to be involved in his community. For instance, he…
The Cornell Tradition program, with 600 talented and creative undergraduate student members and a supportive staff, was designed in 1983 to recognize…
For the past nine years as a 4-H member in DeWitt County, Texas, Tiffany Ley has been actively involved and recognized as…
Emma Tibbs is serving her second year of a two-year term as President of the Fayette County Neighborhood Council, an umbrella organization…
Children who are new to America or are first-generation Americans face a multitude of difficult problems. Particularly vulnerable are those children who…
At the age of 68, Joann Hammitt volunteers 40-50 hours per week and helps operate a 200-acre farm. She has always been…
Kim Chu recognized the language barriers for Chinese immigrants who enter NYU Downtown Hospital for treatment or volunteer purposes. She became the…
In September of 1994, Maggie Wright walked through the doors of Newark Do Something for the first time to hand in her…
Since Summer 1994, Dianne Wooldridge has worked tirelessly to insure that a special group of 150+ children who attend the Zaragoza Superkids…
Each Tuesday for the past 25 years, sixth grade Hartford Public School Students who participate in Hartford’s ConnectiKids come to Aetna Inc.…
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