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Betty Jo Babic has spent a good part of her adult life volunteering in various ways to make other peoples’ lives better.…
Brittany Colon, a 12-year-old from Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, started volunteering her time with the Buddy Ball Sports League for the…
In January of 2002, just a few months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, the food service students at Warren Technical…
Virginia Vaughn was diagnosed with stage IIIc ovarian cancer at the age of 43. Finding very little information about her illness, she…
Delaware Valley Earth Force supports programs that encourage youth to work cooperatively with parents, educators, community leaders and businesses to address environmental…
Brittany Macdonald is a 24-year old graduate of Brigham Young University from Orem, Utah. She is an example to other youth and…
When a child comes to the Utah County Children’s Justice Center to tell their most difficult and terrifying story of sexual or…
John “Jack” Sheehan has been a volunteer for Hospice of Palm Beach County since 1980, serving hundreds of patients and families. He…
Mark Kaplan has worked in the Music Department of the Malden Public Schools since he began teaching back in the early 1970s.…
Sabine Auguste has consistently contributed to the Sacred Heart University community and the local Bridgeport, Connecticut area through her dedicated community service…
Darlynn Wosyluk-Whiting has been volunteering for Hospice of Volusia/Flagler for three years. She average 20 hours per month as a care center…
The Interfaith Housing Association (IHA), located in Westport, CT, provides food, shelter and services for homeless residents and people at risk of…
Naomi Hunting has been a volunteer at the Escalante Valley Elementary School in Beryl, Utah for the past nine years. She affects…
Meals On Wheels (MOW) volunteers deliver hot, nutritious meals to homebound seniors in Kalamazoo County. They enable homebound seniors the opportunity to…
As a volunteer for the GIVE Program, which provides in home support to frail homebound seniors and the disabled, Dee Mireles contributed…
In 2001, Carla Knorowski, Ph.D., an Associate Dean for Development and External Affairs and Director of Advancement at the University of Illinois…
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