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The Kentucky Coalition of School Volunteer Organizations (KCSVO), a non-profit organization recognized by the Kentucky Department of Education, realizes that schools cannot…
Grace Lutheran Church, in partnership with HOPES and Friends of New Parents programs through Lutheran Social Services, has helped fulfill the mission…
Mickey Darcy will forever be known in Wickliffe, OH as the person who brought Christmas in April to the city. After attending…
Arthenia Filer is responsible for raising awareness about child abuse in school children from all areas of the city of Huntsville and…
The people that Dorothy Masterson has devoted her life to help are people we see every day. They are the single parent…
Gerald “Jerry” Stoops has been a community volunteer in San Bernadino, CA with the Natural Beauty Program he founded for the past…
Service to satisfy human needs is a way of life for Janice Katz. A special education teacher for 11 years, she knows…
Jeannette Graves has been a resident of Co-op City since 1976 and during that time she has provided the community residents with…
The homeless of Philadelphia are getting a helping hand from the Salvation Army Gateway Service Center, a program that provides a low…
The PALS (Partners Assisting Learning in the Schools) mentorship program is an after school program that assists students who are suffering from…
In 1992, General Electric Drive System employees launched a new program in an attempt to combat social problems at a local school.…
The ability to dress for success is something most working women in Silicon Valley take for granted. Many women have the resources…
Americans and Vietnamese veterans and non-veterans comprise the Vietnam Challenge Team, a group dedicated to healing wounds leftover from the Vietnam War.…
Crayons to Computers (C2C) is a "Teacher's Free Store" providing new and recycled school supplies at no cost to 110 needy schools…
BOOKS for the BARRIOS, Inc., a non-profit, all-volunteer corporation, defines itself as a project of the heart. As an organization that guides…
Since 1988, the Center for the Homeless in South Bend, IN has developed a nationally-heralded service model that provides homeless individuals and families with…