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Dr. Dennis Hughes serves as the Resident Coordinator of a health clinic for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. This clinic is part…
Each fall season marks the beginning of the apple harvest in Central Virginia, bringing in large numbers of migrant laborers. For the…
Alan Ofsevit is the proprietor of his own network-software consulting firm, Lanwise, Inc. His firm is based in the Federal Hill neighborhood…
Kathryn Murdock is without sight but not without motivation. She took a program that started as part of a church homework club,…
The Coconino County Department of Health Services Tobacco Use Prevention Project has been providing both tobacco education and prevention services to its…
For more than 10 years, Donna DePamphilis has served as a volunteer coach and committee member for Special Olympics of Charles County.…
Monsignor Ralph Kuehner has worked tirelessly for decades to address critical human needs in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He has worked…
The Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS) Program places Dartmouth College students as full-time semester-long volunteers in America's schools, environmental protection agencies,…
The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Personal Excellence Partnership (PEP) program is dedicated to promoting self-worth among students in the Bellevue, NE…
Robert Nickels organized the Bibb County Chapter of Rolling Reader, a national organization designed to encourage the love of reading and to…
Pat Dozer is the co-founder of the all-volunteer Sue Kuhlen Camp for Kids, Inc. This organization is the only recreational experience for…
The Dance Institute of Washington (DIW) is dedicated to building discipline and a drive for excellence among youth in D.C. through dance…
According to the Goodwill Industries of Denver, national studies correlate unemployment among teens with increased chances of criminal activity. In response to…
Patricia Henderson is a volunteer for the FreeStore/FoodBank, an organization that provides food, products and services to help people overcome barriers to…
Ilana Gildenblatt's spirit of volunteerism and generosity is best exhibited by her coordination of the annual "MITZVAH-THON." Ilana first developed the idea…
Kurt Keller is a one-man construction crew, engineering consulting firm, volunteer coordinator, landscaper, trainer and computer guru at Working In Neighborhoods (WIN).…