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For more than 20 years Ms. Louise Arnett has put her organizational skills and enthusiasm to work for her community. Ms. Arnett…
The Best of America Program is a national alcohol and drug abuse prevention program for the Golden Key National Honor Society, a nonprofit…
Since October 1997, Kathryn Hall has picked up surplus goods from a local bakery and personally delivered to agencies in Downtown Austin…
OASIS is a not-for-profit program for seniors 55 years of age or older, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older…
Cindy Georger has been a volunteer at the Learning Lab, Inc. since 1994. The Learning Lab is a nonprofit organization which provides…
Benicia Hernandez has volunteered at the Jones Magnet Elementary School for the past 3 years. The Jones Elementary School is an immersion…
Each board member of the Wyandanch Homes and Property Development Corporation (WHPDC) realized that there was no housing program to take people…
For the past four years, Harley Draven has been working with the US Army Corps of Engineers' local water safety program. The…
The Parents Anonymous Child Abuse Prevention Center (PACAPC), a statewide non-profit child abuse prevention agency, is helping to keep Maryland's Promise, a…
For 27 years, Tyrone Gaines has volunteered in the Baltimore City neighborhood of Reservoir Hill, where he has lived his entire life.…
SeniorNet was started in 1986 at the University of San Francisco as a research project designed to examine whether computers and telecommunications…
Andrew Meloni has been the Sheriff of Monroe County since 1980. For more than 5 years, Sheriff Meloni has been volunteering with…
Affiliated with Mt. Calvary Seventh Day Adventist Church in Tampa, FL, the Mount Calvary Youth Drama Guild, started in 1993, is an…
Inner City Youth Services is a program of Child and Family, Inc., a private non-profit agency in Knoxville, TN, which provides treatment…
Steve Tremblay, a quadriplegic since a spinal cord injury in 1971, is founder and president of Alpha One, a statewide nonprofit center…
Swim with Mike is an annual swim-a-thon that raises funds for the University of Southern California Physically Challenged Athlete's Scholarship Fund. The…