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Chippewa Valley Health Clinic, a non-profit organization, has provided access to necessary medical care to more than 1,200 individuals since July 1997.…
As a volunteer for the Kenai Fishery Resource Office, Sarah Genschaw facilitated the start of an Adopt-A-Stream program with the Kalifornsky Beach…
John Johansen is waging a battle against crime in the Washington, DC metropolitan area while proving that the pen is mightier than…
Ninety-five cents of every dollar donated to Give Kids the World goes to supporting children. This is crucial for an organization that strives…
Educating students about the problems of hunger in the world is a top priority for Mary Lynn Morin. Every year she dedicates…
Every person is truly a good person. This is the belief that motivates musician John Hornsby to help teens from low-income households…
Started by two motivated students, Breanna Robinson and Allison Buck, the Teen Coffeehouse opened in North Adams, MA in March 1997. The…
Although he retired from Honeywell Inc., a Minneapolis based manufacturer of control systems, in 1978, Elmer Frykman's retired years have not been…
For the past six years, Casas por Cristo has been in operation as an intergenerational volunteer program that provides youth mentoring and…
An estimated 12 to 15% of the Arkansas population does not have health insurance and most are unable to afford the rising…
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…