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Anna Stodola learned first hand about cancer when she was just in seventh grade. She lives in a small town and had…
Bottineau Girl Scout Troop 322 consists of 10 eleventh graders: Alicia Brandt, Jodi Hart, Jessalyn Higgins, Jennifer Kegley, Tara Marsden, Sara McIntee,…
The Georgia Natural Gas (GNG) TrueBlue Crew Volunteer Program is comprised of GNG employees of diverse ages and backgrounds sharing a common…
Tiffany Barnhart has been a dedicated Girl Scout for the past four years. She loves serving others and especially enjoys helping young…
A school is successful due to the heart and dedication of its staff, community and volunteers. Crestwood Elementary is a school where…
Carrie Jones Spurling is a very active volunteer in Morgan County Alabama. She works with the FACES program, the Volunteer Center of…
Since her childhood, Betsy Chandler Vatavuk has been dedicated to helping the youth and disadvantaged in her community through the 4-H Club…
As the founder of the nonprofit literacy association, Success Won’t Wait, Inc., Vincenza Carrieri-Russo strives to reduce Delaware’s illiteracy rates by gathering…
José Woodhead and her dogs, a yellow lab named Ginger and a black cocker mix named Midnight, are Pet Partners volunteers with…
“Partners in Time,” the employee volunteer program of Federated Department Stores, Inc., is active in Federated’s 450 stores and has been in…
Terry McElhone is a caring, dedicated volunteer who continually goes above and beyond to help others in Louisa County. When Ms. McElhone…
According to UNICEF and U.S. AID statistics, there are approximately 100 million orphans worldwide. ORPHANetwork is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was…
The spirit of Allegany County, Maryland is alive and well. One of the greatest examples of the community working together is the…
Eat ‘n Park was founded in 1949 as a carhop restaurant. Eat ‘n Park is a family restaurant and bakery chain with…
Hospice of the Valley provides compassionate end-of-life care designed to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and family.…
Amy, Allie and David Steinmetz have been committed volunteers for the past seven years. Though Amy and Allie are only 16 and…
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