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An article in the local newspaper that threatened the elimination of general music classes and the scaling back of art and music…
On May 13, 1999, North Country Thresholds and Decisions (NCTD) graduated seven inmate participants. Remarkably, two other inmates also escaped on that…
In 1976, North Town community resident Alvin Carter-Bey and a handful of other residents met to discuss the relatively few sports, nutritional…
According to a 1990 census report, 17% of the adult population in Ionia County, a rural county in Michigan, is functionally illiterate.…
An eighth grade girl expelled for bringing a weapon to school led to a mission of hope for Father Jim Morrison, who…
At the age of 84, Dora Lee Belton is an active member of the Reitred & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and the…
For many school children in the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD), the road is long indeed with many a winding turn.…
David Moorhead’s contributions to his community are numerous and significant. He can often be seen around the halls of Bryn Mawr Rehab,…
When Janie M. Velasquez, Director of Volunteer Services, and Leon Bawcom, Executive Director of the Center, conceived the idea of developing an…
Without benefit of compensation, Barbara Larkin has been involved for many years with the youth of Goffstown. She has been involved as…
Jackie Wrin has been an active Viking Ambassador at West Vigo High School for the past two years. Her student leadership has…
The St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) Telecare Volunteers are a group of dedicated and caring volunteers, who give freely of their time…
At the age of 13, Patricia Zirkle is on her way to becoming a powerful advocate for victims of domestic abuse. In…
Patrick Keena began his voluntary service with the American Red Cross as a First Aid and CPR instructor in April 1979 in…
Janice Jackson helped form the first regional Teen Leadership Conference for the area and the first Oldham County community task force to…
Abigail Figueroa, a fierce community activist, helps not only her assigned service clientele, but involves herself in all aspects of her community.…
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