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Louise Watson lives a life filled with community service. Watson started teaching in Grandfield's elementary school in 1979, and since then has…
The Delaware Mentor Program, started in 1992, is a rehabilitation program for women offenders that operates out of the Delores J. Baylor…
Dr. Farideh Kioumehr, an epidemiologist, is the founder and executive director of The International Health and Epidemiology Research Center, an organization whose…
Last September, the director of volunteer services at Habitat for Humanity contacted the community relations director at Malibu High School to organize…
As a dedicated volunteer for Lutheran Social Services in Sioux Falls, SD, Cherri Johnson has been involved in the ministry of clothing…
In 1993, in response to the large population of people without health care insurance but did not qualify for Medicaid benefits, a…
The Foodshare Commission of Greater Hartford was started by a small group of volunteers in 1982. Working directly from trucks parked at local churches,…
The Palmetto Project is a private, nonprofit organization that puts new and innovative ideas to work in a variety of populations throughout…
During the fall of 1996, Mrs. Georgia Turk, a reading specialist at Madison Elementary School, developed the Friends of Reading program to…
In 1994, Monica Ponoroff established the For The Children reading program at James Lewis Elementary School in New Orleans. The program began…
Christian Whitton started his service work when he was nine years old. Over the past five years, he has continuously been an…
Robert Cincotta has been a teacher at Hempstead High School since 1985. In addition to teaching, Cincotta coaches the Hempstead baseball team.…
The Parents Record: My Own Unique Diary (P.R.O.U.D.) book is an innovative family literacy activity that uses the idea of a diary…
Steve Fuller, owner of Fuller's Plumbing, donates his plumbing skills to make minor repairs, from faucets to toilets, for low-income seniors and…
In 1995, the youth of Green Street United Methodist Church decided to get involved in a mission program that would allow them…
John McKenzie is the founder and president of the Tub Mill Arts Association of Salisbury, PA. Tub Mill Arts is a nonprofit…