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Wayne Murray started volunteering for Mid-Florida Housing Partnership Palmetto House in 1995. The Majority of his 50 hours a month of volunteer…
In 2002 Kim Hallmark, as a member of the Junior League of Morgan County, began a 4 year placement serving on the…
Karl N. Flagg is the Mayor for the city of Palatka, the pastor of Mount Tabor First Baptist Church and the owner…
Dorothy Murphy is a model citizen as well as an exemplary volunteer. She dedicates her life to helping people, and she is…
Jana Busby has been a volunteer with the Decatur Police Department for the past 4 years, and she has worked hard to…
The Shields Family is very active as volunteers of Greater Lewisville Cares and Trinity Presbyterian Church of Flower Mound, both located in…
Many times we are quick to judge people; we assume that they do not have a desire to help others or that…
Willa Carson tells the story of an African American citizen seeking health care who died while waiting at a bus stop. At…
In the northwest area of Volusia County, FL it can be very hard for Hispanic children who are in a low socioeconomic…
For more than 17 years, Mark Hammond has worked tirelessly to better the lives of the citizens of his community. As a…
It all began 6 years ago in a garden…in a kindergarten, that is, when German born Chris Baucom entered the door of…
Having arrived in the United States from Austria and speaking only some English, Renate Rojas understands the challenges faced by the non-English…
Dick Wells has shown that business leaders can make a real impact when they roll-up their sleeves and become involved. He has…
Nine 8th grade service learning students at Cedar Ridge Middle School gave parents and community friends the opportunity to “give another birthday,…
In the 27 years that Bob (Robert) and Nancy Tolsma have been in Florida, they have gone above and beyond when it…
In today’s world we hear about so many people who expect so much from others—from the government, from their communities, even from…