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In 1992 at ten years old Tara Lawrence lost her grandfather to prostate cancer. She was devastated. Tara began volunteering at her…
Lee Hay is a volunteer for the Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc, a private non-profit human services agency for the community in…
The Ryan family believes in giving back to others. It is a value that permeates the family’s life. Parents Linda and Sean…
At almost 70 years of age Glenn Ousset has been volunteering at the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center for the past 30 years.…
Jack O’Hara is one of the dedicated volunteers who understand the Maryland Food Bank’s mission: to lead the movement and nurture the…
Maria Machado works with a community much in need of mentors. She serves as part of the Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents,…
Luckily for the National Guard and Reservists in and around Brookfield Wisconsin as well as Active Duty posted at Fort McCoy, Give…
Friends, In a few terrifying moments on April 27 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and on May 23 in Joplin, Mo., life forever changed.…
Friends, Last week, I had the honor of attending an extraordinary event in Washington, D.C., to launch the national campaign to inspire…
Yesterday Republican and Democratic U.S. Congressional leaders came together in a show of bipartisan support for a nationwide effort to inspire millions…