For more than 10 years, Donna DePamphilis has served as a volunteer coach and committee member for Special Olympics of Charles County. Special Olympics is the only program in the county to offer year-round sports training and competition to children . . .
Calman Lieberman operates an insurance business where he generally spends 10 hours day. He and his wife, Chavy, are a hard working couple. The parents of 11 children, they dedicate their lives to their family and business. In 1997, Leiberman . . .
The YMCA at Virginia Tech has been serving the community as a nonprofit organization for 126 years. In 1986, the YMCA began Student Programs as a response to the nascent student volunteer movement. Since then, they have been uniquely successful . . .
In the fall of 1996, Charles Phillips and his wife Ann Harmon Phillips were asked by the South Greenville Elementary School Parent Teacher Association to chair a new Math and Science PTA Committee to address an unmet need. The goal . . .
A growing city of 50,000 in Southeastern Idaho, Pocatello is a working class, rural community. Pocatello maintains a 17% high school dropout rate, which many attribute to its low tax base and many young peoples’ lack of interest in education. . . .
Blacks in Government (BIG) is primarily a volunteer membership driven association that functions as an employee support group, community resource and an advocacy group. It is a non-profit organization focused on three basic principles—equity, excellence and opportunity. On-going annual activities of . . .
While serving as the coordinator for the United States Pacific Command (USCINCPAC) Partnership-In-Education with Aliamanu Intermediate School at Camp H.M. Smith, HI, US Navy Radioman Chief Petty Officer Mike Nishimoto managed a highly successful adopt-a-school program. His enthusiasm and success . . .
Margaret Walsh helps children develop the building blocks they need to grow into adults with compassion, skills and knowledge about the world and their community. She started teaching at the age of 21 in the Spokane Public School System and . . .
The ability to dress for success is something most working women in Silicon Valley take for granted. Many women have the resources to purchase an outfit for work that will make them look and feel great. After completing job-training programs, . . .
Organized in 1978, Parents and Children Together (PACT) is a community agency whose only purpose is the prevention of child abuse and neglect through strengthening families. More than 400 volunteers support the efforts of the staff to deliver a variety . . .