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A diverse group of approximately 50 youth from the Kansas City metropolitan area, called the Promise Youth, have been instrumental in mobilizing…
The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) has been in existence since 1964 to address the need for youth to understand…
In 1996, Edison Freire, a bilingual science teacher in North Philadelphia's Edison Fareira High School, set out to help close the 'digital…
The Wild Horse Gang, so named because of the history of "gangs" in northwest Oklahoma like Jesse and Frank James and the…
In 1976, Rosa Whitt retired from 34 years of teaching and acquired a full-time, self-employed job helping people through volunteerism. First, she…
In the fall of 1996, Charles Phillips and his wife Ann Harmon Phillips were asked by the South Greenville Elementary School Parent…
Faye Melvin-Brown has been a volunteer crisis intervention counselor at Women in Transition for more than eight and a half years. In…
Since the summer of 1993, Rachel Kersnter has been dedicated to meeting the emotional needs of senior citizens through her gift of…
Stafford, VA is described as a most ordinary place, with its share of both good and bad. The town, admittedly, does not…
Republic is a small community outside of Springfield, MO that is made of mostly hard-working middle and lower middle class citizens. Before…
The Book Nook, the staging area for donated books and other materials, is staffed by dedicated volunteers who collect, sort and prepare…
In 1982, Colman McCarthy, a then-syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, went to the inner city high school nearest to his office…
In 1998, a Kennebunk High School sophomore, Matthew Barry was diagnosed with a form of cancer that required amputation of his lower…
Angela Bronson, a third grade teacher within the Los Angeles Unified School District, piloted an intergenerational program in 1995. Monthly, Bronson brings…
In 1982, a member of a combined group of church ushers, known as the Wilson County Ushers Fellowship, lost her home to…
An increasingly urgent plight in today's society is that of children whose families can no longer provide proper care for them. Whether…