As snowstorms give way to spring showers, we give thanks to those who stepped up during the rough winter season – like the volunteers of Serve Rhode Island. In response to several snowstorms in the area, the Providence-based volunteer center, . . .
Eight-year-old Martin Richard became a symbol of what was lost after the Boston Marathon bombings a year ago. The Dorchester, Mass., boy had gone with his family to see the end of the race and was killed by one of . . .
On Make A Difference Day 2013, Oct. 26, millions of you spread out across your communities to help your neighbors by cleaning parks, feeding the hungry and much more. Today USA WEEKEND and Points of Light, with Newman’s Own, will . . .
Holly Hilliard is about to graduate from the University of Arkansas with an industrial engineering degree and a commitment to volunteer service. Hilliard, 21, is the president of her school's Volunteer Action Center. And on the morning of Make A . . .
In many parts of the country millions of children in low-income families have no access to books. They haven’t been exposed to reading aloud. And when they start kindergarten, they’re not on the same playing field as the other kids . . .
Sara McClung of Hazlehurst, Georgia volunteers her time to manage the Special Olympics Program in Appling County, thereby providing youth with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and foster friendships by participating in year-round sports training . . .
There was some understandable hand-wringing when the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the volunteer rate in America decreased by one percentage point. But whichever way we define today's volunteers, their impact is surely at an all-time high.
In Sochi, he's an Olympian. Back home in Highland Park, Ill., he's a volunteer. Jason Brown – who at age 19 is the youngest American men’s skater to qualify for the Olympics in nearly 40 years – participates in service . . .
As owner of the A-Marika Dance Company in Cincinnati, Mary Ramirez Cook has taught ballroom dance, ballet and tap for more than 27 years. In 2007, Cook took on a new and personal teaching challenge. Inspired by her youngest son . . .
For my family, gleaning (collecting leftover crops) combines the best of the fall festivities – celebrating the bounty alongside the people who matter to you most – to help those who need it most.