Indian-born among Britain's new-age charity workers (New Kerala)
London, Sep 7 : An Indian-born is listed among Britain's wealthy GenX, the children of the super rich who instead of jet-set partying are devoting their lives to charity.
Name Dropping: Farr is top Alzheimer's Association volunteer (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
JACK FARR was honored by the Alzheimer's Association for his 15 years of volunteer leadership of the Monterey Bay Memory Walk.
Greenwood, Va.'s Judy Steele Wins SunTrust Charity Challenge (The Auto Channel)
ATLANTA Sept. 5, 2008 – Former IndyCar driving champion Tony Kanaan may have been the first to take the checkered flag at the June 29 SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (RIR), but Judy Steele of Greenwood, Va., and the American Cancer Society are the big winners in the first SunTrust Charity Challenge Sweepstakes.
Hospice volunteer training course to begin next month (DeWitt-Bath Review)
LANSING — Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan (VNSM) invites both men and women ages 18 and older to join its volunteer team and make a difference in others' lives.
Volunteer firefighters, EMTs would get tax break from bill (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide)
A bill to give volunteer firefighters, fire police and emergency responders in Pennsylvania a break on their local earned income tax has garnered bipartisan support and could be taken up this fall.
Hospital volunteer, 95, shows no signs of slowing down (Red Bluff Daily News)
Not every hospital volunteer's birthday is celebrated in the same fashion as Evelyn Bracken's was Friday. But it's not every day a hospital volunteer turns 95 either.
Volunteer Briefs: My Possibilities, MPAC, Memory Walk (McKinney Courier-Gazette)
The Volunteer Center of North Texas receives thousands of volunteer opportunities from more than 1,700 area nonprofit groups. For more information, visit www.volunteernorthtexas.org or e-mail vcnorthtexas@volunteernorthtexas.org .
Hornets Players to Participate in Paul's Charity Event (NBA.com)
Coach Byron Scott and several New Orleans Hornets' players will participate in Chris Paul's day of service charity event on Sept. 19 in Winston-Salem (N.C.). The event is a city-wide initiative targeted to unite volunteers and organizations throughout Winston-Salem under the banner of Paul's ongoing mission to give back to his hometown. Scott participated in last year's Winston-Salem Weekend ...
Glanbia golf tourney raises $103,000 for charity (AG Weekly)
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Glanbia Foods hosted its 15th Annual Charity Challenge Golf Tournament Aug. 18 at Blue Lakes Country Club and raised $103,000 for local charities. Over 190 golfers from around the country played in the tournament, fully underwritten by Glanbia Foods.
