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Leo Lott began his volunteer service at the Missoula Public Library twenty-two years ago. In 1984, his wife recruited him to assist…
Jeanette Zentgraf is a senior volunteer who shares her time with the Lolo Elementary School. She is a caring older adult who…
Jim Hummer was born in Crawford, NE in 1926. He moved to Missoula with his siblings in 1947 to live with an…
Carrie Dobbins accepted a volunteer opportunity working with autistic twins while their mother nursed their father who had terminal cancer. Carrie instantly…
Miss Phoenix City, Jamie Harper, was elected to increase the ability for TEARS to grow within the mentoring and coaching program in…
From the nominator: “Miss Phoenix City Jamie Harper elected to increase the ability for TEARS to grow within our mentoring and coaching…
The members of First Congregational Church in Cedar Rapids, IA, display their incredible compassion and generosity to the children of their neighborhood.…
In 2005, Olathe Mayor Michael Copeland met with Olathe Schools Superintendent Pat All to discuss ways in which he could work with…
When Keith Baldwin started the RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) program 25 years ago, under the Kiwanis Club of Copper County’s youth services…
Ann Tackett directs the Monroe County Families First Resource Center, which operates the innovative RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) literacy program Shared Beginnings.…
Mission to Hanover was started five years ago by Beaverdam Baptist Church as a mission to Beaverdam where the congregation began assisting…
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