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The Senior Companion Program (SCP), located in Pittsburgh, PA, offers homebound senior citizens companionship and services, linking senior volunteers with seniors in…
The 10 members of the Magnusen family began volunteering as a family more than 13 years ago. They fostered 31 babies, most…
Merle Hatleberg, a former nutritionist, started the Some One Cares Soup Kitchen in 1986. She began by feeding 30 people and today…
Eagle Pass, TX is the only incorporated community in Maverick County. Spanish is the primary language for 90% of its residents. This…
Adam Hornstine is a 17-year-old student at Moorestown High School in New Jersey. In 1996, Adam organized a new club named M.A.G.I.C.,…
In 1990, when the Imani House was established as a nonprofit organization, Bisi Iderabdullah came back to Brooklyn, NY from Liberia to…
In 1994, Kevin Donahoe lost his father, Jim, after a lengthy battle with cancer. To honor his father, Mr. Donahoe began a…
Started in 1919, Unity Shoppe provides basic necessities to low-income families, children and elderly, while encouraging self-sufficiency and independent living. The organization…
In 1988, without money, local volunteers, youth volunteers from outside the state and Sister Elizabeth Brown joined together to establish EXCEL, a…
Since 1987, the Davis Monthon Air Force Base "Can-Do Crew" has been dedicated to helping the surrounding community of Tucson, Arizona. Their…
The Young Leaders' Academy (YLA) was founded in November 1994, to provide young African-American males with strong role models, academic support and…
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is the largest privately-funded meals program in the country. From January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997,…
Desert Heights Elementary School, located in Reno, NV, is a high-risk school that qualifies for Title One funding. Title One is a…
Youth Options is a teen volunteer program of the Youth Services/Boys and Girls Club Fox Valley agency located in Appleton, WI. Youth…
On February 2, Roger Beck, together with parents, community members, two fellow teachers and 10 students from Worthington Kilbourne High School began…
A retired physician who consistently undercharged his patients, Dr. Sam Hay participates in a large variety of medical, religious, social, and charitable…
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