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The Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology’s ICU club is a unique community service organization. The club’s mission is to reach…
Nancy Schroeder worked at a local college in the bookstore for many years. Once she retired, Schroeder devoted the majority of her…
David Schmitz has been a police officer for the Green Bay Police Department for almost 15 years. During the past five years,…
For over 30 years Saint John of God Community Services has served the needs of people with profound disabilities living in southern…
The Adaptive Sports Foundation began as The Disabled Ski Program in 1984. In its first season, there were 20 volunteer instructors and…
“Alternative Response” (AR) is a community outreach program designed to offer on-scene crisis intervention to those experiencing traumatic events and to offer…
When his rural, Appalachian Region community of 1,100 lost 275 jobs, Richard LeFeber realized he was witnessing an economic disaster. He saw…
Alexis Kusy is a sophomore at the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, New Jersey. She is also enrolled in the…
Birmingham-Southern College has 21 student coordinators to manage the service learning activities of more than 650 participating students. These coordinators are responsible…
Project EnhanceAbilities was birthed in December 1996 in Lee County, Florida. Prior to its inception, there were few community-based activities designed to…
The Kansas City Star newspaper encourages and supports their employees in volunteer endeavors throughout the community. One of those employees, Diane Scott,…
In March 1997 Drug Intervention Community Educators (DICE) was born and consisted of approximately eight members of high school age. Since that…
Inner-City Arts meets the need of a community truly in need – arts education for the children of working class families of…
In his prophetic book, The Graying of America, James Jorgensen warned repeatedly that America needs more resources for its aging population. More…
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