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Alyson Cangemi, a senior attending Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ, undertook the cause of donor awareness in the summer of 1997,…
The YMCA at Virginia Tech has been serving the community as a nonprofit organization for 126 years. In 1986, the YMCA began…
In 1969, Probate Court Volunteers Services for Grand Traverse County began with a handful of junior college students serving as Volunteer Probation…
Baxter Brem, a 15-year-old high school student in Portland, ME, volunteers his time brightening the lives of elderly residents at the Fallbrook…
Coming from a family that has always been involved in service, Genevieve Carey, the youngest of seven children, has spent the majority…
In early 1997, Jerome Clemons, Jr., then a high school student in Charleston, SC, was notified that a delegate scheduled to attend…
Lucille Mullen, a 78-year-old retiree, has been a volunteer at the Northern Regional Center for Independent Living (NRCIL) for over nine years. Mullen volunteers…
Gina Schroeder has volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteer in Travis County since 1992, serving 15 children in that…
The Box Elder High School Key Club is dedicated to improving the present and future life of youth considered at-risk of failing school.…
CareLift is a community outreach program providing patients and their family free transportation to and from hospitals, outpatient centers and medical office…
Tara Church began her quest to make the world a better place at age eight when she co-founded the nation’s first youth…
Jane Clinard, a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo County and retiree of Bronson Methodist Hospital, sought volunteer opportunities through the local Retired and Senior…
For the last five years, the Parole Rotary Club located in Annapolis, MD, with the support of Rotary District 7620, has administered, funded and…
Doctors Without Borders/Medécins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is the world’s largest independent emergency medical relief organization. Each year, the organization sends more than 2,000…
Diane Vibhakar is the kind of volunteer that all coordinators hope to have in their program. Diane helps in all capacities: she…
Stephen Tang didn’t start out with a burning desire to establish a community health center for the Asian immigrant community in Boston.…
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