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Paul Dillon has been a volunteer with the Surprise Fire Department Crisis Response (CR) Program for 10 years, providing field training to…
Master Barber Robert W. Cradle provides grooming services and products free of charge to homeless children and adults. He installs and operates…
More than twenty thousand students in the Portland Public school district are living in poverty. When they show up to school with…
All Care Hospice Volunteers provide companionship to hospice patients and their families at the end of life. They keep patients company, allowing…
Southeast K-9 Search and Rescue is a nonprofit organization that provides trained search and rescue personnel, k-9s, and equipment to missing persons…
Girls Inc. is an organizations that provides programs and services to girls in Schenectady and Albany, NY. Seventy percent of girl members…
Garey Alimia is the owner of a local appliance store chain and president of the hospital foundation board in addition to spending…