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A partnership between a popular bakery chain and schools in low-income areas of the United Kingdom ensures children receive a healthy breakfast to start the day, while the bakery is able to promote a...
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RSVP volunteers and other national and community service members and volunteers support the efforts of small faith-based and secular community groups. Fifty-two senior volunteers with the RSVP of...
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The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz, California, provides jobs and life training for homeless people within the therapeutic context of an organic garden. Meaningful and productive work within...
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Faced with a growing homebound senior population, the Volunteer Center of Orange County needed more volunteers to deliver meals to seniors' homes. Asking local businesses to "adopt a route...
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Public housing residents, often the recipients of social services, can be great assets to their communities as providers of community service. Self-Help in Public Housing: A Handbook for Developing...
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Across the country and in Canada, volunteer gardeners are helping to feed the hungry by dedicating a row of their fresh garden produce to food banks and soup kitchens. The Garden Writers Association...
