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Youth Options is a teen volunteer program of the Youth Services/Boys and Girls Club Fox Valley agency located in Appleton, WI. Youth…
On February 2, Roger Beck, together with parents, community members, two fellow teachers and 10 students from Worthington Kilbourne High School began…
A retired physician who consistently undercharged his patients, Dr. Sam Hay participates in a large variety of medical, religious, social, and charitable…
For over three years, Jodi Beldotti, herself a victim of domestic violence, has been providing job skills and computer training to victims…
Mrs. Isabella Cunningham, a senior citizen and retired teacher of Riviera Beach, Florida, has devoted more than 20 years of her life…
The Social Action Committee, founded by the Jewish Association for Residential Care for Persons with Developmental diseases, was started in 1995. The…
Since 1996, Ms. L. Ann Voight has devoted her time to women in need of healthcare and the homeless in Atlanta, throughout…
In 1995, Karen "Batchelor Farmer" Allen gave up her career as an attorney and created "The MichCon/Think Twice Foundation's Block Club” in…
Since 1988, John Miksch has been volunteering his time to teach volunteers to become state-licensed emergency medical technicians. He has also helped…
Cheryl Burton is a model volunteer who helps the homeless and less fortunate in her community. Among other service activities, she makes…
Austin H. MacCormick Island Academy is an alternative New York City high school located on Rikers Island, which is the country's largest…
Brownie Troop #644 of Demarest, NJ had a life altering experience during the spring of 1997 when one of its members, 8-year-old…
Marion Perrotti first became aware of the Dell Ridge Nursing Care Center in 1994 when her mother became a resident. Ms. Perrotti…
In 1994, Catherine Roberts and Margaret Duffy created educational strategies that allowed their students to make real world applications of the math…
In 1982, Suellen Fried founded the STOP Violence Coalition in Kansas City, an innovative program dedicated to the prevention of interpersonal and…