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Edward Bradley, a former Middlesex County teacher and director of athletics, has been a tireless volunteer for the past 52 years. In…
Twenty-eight-year-old Julia Kennedy launched DC SCORES in 1994. Looking to address the need for quality after school programs, she committed herself to…
Disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes and winter storms are common occurrences for the American people. It is through the…
The Children's Reading Program started in 1994 as an outgrowth of the Literacy Volunteers Program of Martinsville. It is a pilot program…
Located in the City if Rialto, CA, Renaissance Village is an outstanding example of what can be achieved when the public and…
“What do you want me to do?” That is the question that Mary Lou Linton asks as she enters Hunger Task Force…
H.E.R.O.s (Helping Everyone Read Outstandingly) is an organization of community volunteers interacting in a one-on-one relationship with a child who is considered…
The Christ Child Society (CCS) is a church-based society of women that operates in Pittsburgh, PA. Since 1994, the group has taken…
The need to find a new source of volunteers to deliver meals to the homebound elderly in Brooklyn Heights gave rise to…
In 1992, an increasing need for outreach to the homebound in the Archdiocese of New York became apparent. With the trend toward…
Judith Lajoie is a formerly battered woman who had a vision of what a successful transitional home for women and children would…
At 11:15 am each day, a line forms outside of a previously well-known grocery store. The men, women and children of all…
Dr. John Wessner, a physics professor and Chairman of the Department of Physics at Towson University, became involved in Sandtown Habitat through…
Sixteen ladies volunteer on a weekly basis for a program that is more than 12-years-old. They are the Weld Food Bank Coupon…
Michael Edwards, Volunteer Probation Officer (VPO) for the 6th Judicial District in Pulaski County spends at least two hours per week with…
Due to extreme growth in the past 20 years, Sacramento has experienced a great loss of wildlife habitat. Jack Hiehle uses his…