Sunday, December 14, 2008

Andre Muran - onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_11229418'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_11229418">Belltown volunteers sell Christmas trees to raise funds

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_11229418'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_11229418">Belltown volunteers sell Christmas trees to raise funds
STAMFORD - The cash-strapped Belltown Fire Department, one of two all-volunteer firehouses in litigation with the city, is hoping some Christmas spirit can help offset its reduced budget, Belltown Chief John Didelot said.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.chickashanews.com/features/local_story_349115409.html?keyword=topstory'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.chickashanews.com/features/local_story_349115409.html?keyword=topstory">VITA program offers tax return assistance
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program offers free tax help for low- to moderate-income people (under $40,000) who cannot prepare their own tax returns.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/12_14-68/NBH'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/12_14-68/NBH">Volunteer reaches out to nursing home residents
As a child, Diane Francisco was afraid of nursing homes. But 17 years ago when she joined the American Legion Auxiliary in Mayo, she came with a project in mind: a monthly birthday party at South River Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Edgewater.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://hcnonline.com/articles/2008/12/14/cleveland_advocate/news/5108westlake_vfd_ca.txt'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://hcnonline.com/articles/2008/12/14/cleveland_advocate/news/5108westlake_vfd_ca.txt">Cornyn announces Westlake Community Volunteer Fire Department to receive $206,530 grant
The Westlake Community Volunteer Fire Department will receive a grant of $206,530 for emergency response vehicle acquisition, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Wednesday. The funding can also be used for training and support operations. It comes through the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Office of Grants and Training as part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x311079475/Honorees-of-the-volunteer-awards-luncheon'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x311079475/Honorees-of-the-volunteer-awards-luncheon">Honorees of the volunteer awards luncheon
The fourth annual volunteer awards luncheon recognized many volunteers, including:

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.localnews8.com/global/story.asp?s=9514915'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.localnews8.com/global/story.asp?s=9514915">Crime Prevention Volunteer of the Year Awarded to a Pocatello Man
The Idaho Crime Prevention Association recently awarded their crime prevention volunteer of the year and it went to a Pocatello man.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/522058.html?nav=5010'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/522058.html?nav=5010">Volunteer bell ringers needed
Donations are down so far this year in Salvation Army kettles, said Ruby Rau, and the Salvation Army badly needs some volunteer ringers. "I don't know why that is," she said about the lower donations, though she said concern about the economy might be a factor.