Friday, September 19, 2008

Robert Henreich - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: - Yakima Herald Republic

Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: - Yakima Herald Republic
* HOMETOWN MENTORS: Davis High School is looking for Hometown Mentors. Mentors work throughout remainder of a student's junior and senior year to provide guidance to high potential, low-income students applying for college. Mentors need to be at

Weekend Plantings - The Ledger
CHARLIE'S PLANT TO PONDER: PARROT FLOWER Native to Brazil and the West Indies, parrot flower (Heliconia psittacorum) is a 2-foot to 5-foot tall, rhizomatous, herbaceous species with colorful, warm-season inflorescences. Suitable for shallow ponds or

Volunteer's passion for dahlias boon for San Mateo park - San Mateo County Times
SAN MATEO — D.J. Ecklebarger attracts advice seekers like a dahlia attracts bees. At the moment, he's surrounded by all three — droning bees, enough dahlias to decorate a float and two women drawn from a picnic to this palette of color at

Volunteer to be honored for work - Carroll County Online
Greg Koontz is planning to battle the traffic on I-270 this morning to be honored at the former executive office in the White House Complex. The Taneytown baker is receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award for more than two years of service

Reliant Energy Pledges $1 Million to Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund - MSN MoneyCentral
Yesterday, Houston Mayor Bill White appointed Reliant Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs Albert Myres to lead the fundraising efforts. “ The Greater Houston and Galveston area has been devastated by Hurricane Ike, ” said Mark

Reliant Energy Pledges $1 Million to Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund Albert - CNBC
HOUSTON, Sep 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As part of Reliant Energy's commitment to helping the area recover from Hurricane Ike, the company is donating $1 million to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund. Yesterday, Houston Mayor Bill White appointed

Death of railway volunteer poses asbestos questions - Leighton Online
A FORMER policeman who died on the morning that he and his partner were due to go through a civil marriage service said asbestos fibres breathed in while he worked as a volunteer on the Leighton Buzzard Railway could have contributed to his death, an

Pregnancy Center Volunteers Receive Presidential Volunteer Service - Forbes
WASHINGTON , Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 150 pregnancy center volunteers and 56 pregnancy center organizations from across the country received Presidential Volunteer Service Awards on Friday at a ceremony hosted by Assistant

Keep Wall Street Out of the Retirement Business - BusinessWeek
Remember the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security? The privatization advocates warned that insolvency loomed unless dramatic changes were made to the system. Social Security was also labeled a terrible investment. The

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