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Paula Lucas founded and operates the only international toll free domestic violence crisis line, 866-USWOMEN, for battered American women and children, living…
Having been a recipient of public aid, Louise King was inspired to open a social services agency for young people. This single…
Teen Challenge Illinois (TCI) provides many services to people who are struggling with life controlling problems such as alcohol and drug addiction.…
A senior at Palm Harbor University High School, Brian M. Orloff began his volunteer service with The Hospice of the Florida Sun…
Heather Young spends her quality time working with the youth of San Juan County. She works to fulfill the five promises for…
College Bound, Inc. (CB) was founded to create an opportunity for at-risk youth to gain insight into the work of higher education.…
Debi Johnson and Terri McAllister are advocates for the children in the Salt Lake City, Utah region. They give the children of…
Charles “Chuck” Shane exemplifies the true nature of volunteerism, the giving of one’s time and talents without monetary compensation, to make life…
Founded in 1996, Scrap Mettle SOUL (Stories Of Urban Life) involves the Uptown/Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago in an oral history-based performance process…
Antonio Alonso, Dean of Student Services, has been an outstanding leader at Tulsa Community College in creating programs and services that have…
Since 1978, Curtis Sliwa has been fighting crime with “The Team” safety patrol. He and his buddy, Don Chin began to clean…
The Client As a Volunteer program is one in which clients of Jewish Family Service of Greater Wilkes-Barre make a commitment to…
Saddlebrooke Community Outreach, Inc. (SBCO) was founded in the fall of 1996 as a nonprofit organization run solely by 435 volunteer members…
During 1999, the Windsor Stake Public Affairs Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was asked to organize…
As a 7-year-old barefoot schoolboy in the small African village of Anong, Cameroon, Moses E. M. Timah had never thought much about…