"As the application deadline loomed for vendors who want to participate in a fundraising event in Bel Air next month, Hazel U. Hopkins fretted that a favorite caterer might have forgotten to sign up.
So she drove an application to the business in Kingsville, waited for the owner to fill it out and then returned it to the offices of SARC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence, in Bel Air."
Read more about Hazel here.
Showing posts with label volunteering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volunteering. Show all posts
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Volunteers give food, shelter to storm survivors
"Church groups, students and other volunteers worked aggressively Saturday to bring food, water and other necessities to communities ravaged by the second-deadliest day of tornadoes in history."
Read more here.
Read more here.
Friday, March 25, 2011
The League, then and now: This is not your grandmother’s Junior League
"A mention of the Junior League is likely to conjure images of high-society women swathed in cashmere and chatting about, say, orchids. Over tea, of course.
But members of the volunteer organization, which formed here in 1906, claim its membership has changed dramatically over the years."
Click here for more on today's Junior League.
But members of the volunteer organization, which formed here in 1906, claim its membership has changed dramatically over the years."
Click here for more on today's Junior League.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
About 300 volunteers heed call to 'Fight the Blight'
"On Mayor Mitch Landrieu's second 'Fight the Blight' day, concerned New Orleans citizens painted play areas, planted trees, removed graffiti and cleaned up trash while city employees cut grass, inspected buildings for code violations and demolished some of the worst structures."
Click here for more on this movement.
Click here for more on this movement.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Holiday season sparks volunteerism: Experts suggest creative ways to help
"An Oswego firefighter by day, Mark Spoo doesn't indulge his passion for photography as often as he would like. But for the past four Christmas seasons, Spoo has made time to combine his favorite hobby with his desire to give back."
Click here for ideas on ways you can get involved.
Click here for ideas on ways you can get involved.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Volunteers needed for STAIR summer workdays
"STAIR (Start The Adventure In Reading) needs volunteers for its summer workdays to help prepare learning materials that will be used for the coming school year."
Click here for more information on this worthy program.
Click here for more information on this worthy program.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009 Good News Posts from Margaret
Kids and their dreams
"Miami Valley (Dayton, Ohio) elementary students reflect on Martin Luther King and his 'Dream'"
Read these letters to Dr. King here...
Knights of Columbus 'Coats for Kids' Program to Aid Needy Children
"The Knights of Columbus will distribute thousands of coats beginning next week to needy children as part of the organization's "Coats for Kids" program.
The Knights of Columbus has purchased 7,800 coats from OshKosh B'gosh and London Fog and will distribute them through local Knights councils in several US cities beginning in Washington, DC on January 19, which has been designated National Day of Service."
Click to read more of this story.
Obama prods nation to service on inauguration eve
"On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama visited wounded troops at a military hospital, helped paint a wall at a shelter for homeless teens and paid tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the civil rights leader's national day. He said there can't be 'idle hands' at a time of national hardship and pledged to make the government do its part."
Read more of this story here...
How Obama can inspire a nation
"An inaugural speech gives an incoming president a rare opportunity to reach out to all the people, to cite our common problems and suggest how he will lead us to conquering them. Often the rhetoric of the address is so dramatic that it produces words that become part of the American language."
Click here to read this commentary from Marshall Loeb.
Mood Foods: Healthy Foods to Brighten Your Day
"Can foods change your mood? According to several studies, it seems that a person’s choice of food is usually dictated by his state of mind. Conversely, food and nutrition are key factors in your brain’s behavior. Judith Wurtman, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), researched how foods alter one’s mood by changing the levels of specific brain chemicals – dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin - called neurotransmitters."
Read more of this story here...
"Miami Valley (Dayton, Ohio) elementary students reflect on Martin Luther King and his 'Dream'"
Read these letters to Dr. King here...
Knights of Columbus 'Coats for Kids' Program to Aid Needy Children
"The Knights of Columbus will distribute thousands of coats beginning next week to needy children as part of the organization's "Coats for Kids" program.
The Knights of Columbus has purchased 7,800 coats from OshKosh B'gosh and London Fog and will distribute them through local Knights councils in several US cities beginning in Washington, DC on January 19, which has been designated National Day of Service."
Click to read more of this story.
Obama prods nation to service on inauguration eve
"On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama visited wounded troops at a military hospital, helped paint a wall at a shelter for homeless teens and paid tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the civil rights leader's national day. He said there can't be 'idle hands' at a time of national hardship and pledged to make the government do its part."
Read more of this story here...
How Obama can inspire a nation
"An inaugural speech gives an incoming president a rare opportunity to reach out to all the people, to cite our common problems and suggest how he will lead us to conquering them. Often the rhetoric of the address is so dramatic that it produces words that become part of the American language."
Click here to read this commentary from Marshall Loeb.
Mood Foods: Healthy Foods to Brighten Your Day
"Can foods change your mood? According to several studies, it seems that a person’s choice of food is usually dictated by his state of mind. Conversely, food and nutrition are key factors in your brain’s behavior. Judith Wurtman, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), researched how foods alter one’s mood by changing the levels of specific brain chemicals – dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin - called neurotransmitters."
Read more of this story here...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday, January 16,2009 Good News Posts from Margaret
Cloaking device may make cell phone static vanish
“A new light-bending material has brought scientists one step closer to creating a cloaking device that could hide objects from sight.
Beyond possible military applications, it also might have a very practical use by making mobile communications clearer, they said on Thursday.”
Read more of this story here.
Volunteers give time to others in honor of civil-rights leader
“The alarm will buzz as usual Monday morning for some people who have the day off from work and school.
They are the volunteers who have decided that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the perfect opportunity to help others.”
Read more of this story here.
Death by Chocolate
“Now that another Christmas has come and gone, many of us will step on the bathroom scale to face the consequences of our indulgence. If our waistlines have expanded, it might be appropriate to expand our examination of conscience. Gluttony, the excessive indulgence in food and drink, is a sin we don’t hear much about anymore. Can you recall the last time you mentioned it during confession? For most of us gluttony is a venial sin. However just because we’re not as wedded to the pleasures of the table as Mr. Creosote from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, doesn’t mean we should consider ourselves immune.”
Read more of the story here.
“A new light-bending material has brought scientists one step closer to creating a cloaking device that could hide objects from sight.
Beyond possible military applications, it also might have a very practical use by making mobile communications clearer, they said on Thursday.”
Read more of this story here.
Volunteers give time to others in honor of civil-rights leader
“The alarm will buzz as usual Monday morning for some people who have the day off from work and school.
They are the volunteers who have decided that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the perfect opportunity to help others.”
Read more of this story here.
Death by Chocolate
“Now that another Christmas has come and gone, many of us will step on the bathroom scale to face the consequences of our indulgence. If our waistlines have expanded, it might be appropriate to expand our examination of conscience. Gluttony, the excessive indulgence in food and drink, is a sin we don’t hear much about anymore. Can you recall the last time you mentioned it during confession? For most of us gluttony is a venial sin. However just because we’re not as wedded to the pleasures of the table as Mr. Creosote from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, doesn’t mean we should consider ourselves immune.”
Read more of the story here.
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