Alvin women take bows in the spotlight. Alvins banner has been carried forth with pride thanks to residents recently capturing a volunteer-of-the-year award in Humble and the Ms. Texas Senior Pageant in Plano. Robert Henreich
From bake sales to gun raffles, local volunteer fire departments use a variety of events to raise funds to help pay for operating expenses. Fire departments in the state receive a percentage of an insurance surcharge to help fund their operations, said Doug Mongold, president of the West Virginia Fire Association. Robert Henreich
The Brazos Valley Council of Governments will coordinate volunteer help should the need arise in coming days: 595-2800. Veterans Park: People who can stand/sto ... Robert Henreich
UNION TOWNSHIP | Union Township Trustee Anthony Pampalone is standing behind his proposed budget for 2009, despite opposition from the township board chairman and volunteer fire department. Robert Henreich
* Health for All Clinic needs volunteer office assistants. Spanish-speaking volunteers are a plus but not essential. Duties include answering phones, completing ... Robert Henreich
The South Dakota Red Cross is preparing volunteers for disaster assessments in the south. They say right now they're in desperate need of money and volunteers. Melissa Stee reports. Robert Henreich
Ayne Huelsman began her working life answering phones at a runaway shelter, talking primarily to teens upset with their parents. Lately, she has found herself on the phones again. Huelsman is a volunteer at Heartline, a United Way partner agency that runs 2-1-1 in Oklahoma. The 2-1-1 hotline is a nonemergency line that serves nine counties. The roughly 30 volunteers and staff members handle ... Robert Henreich
The Collier County chapter of the American Red Cross has begun collecting items for its Stockings for the Troops program. Denise Rowe, a volunteer and health-safety assistant for the chapter, is coordinating the effort. Rowes goal is 1,000 stockings for the troops so residents, businesses and organizations are being asked by chapter leaders to start the process of collecting items as soon as ... Robert Henreich
SURFSIDE BEACH Ray Wilkinson sits on his porch like a guru. Volunteer firefighters and police drive by to wave at him. Five blocks down the road, TV news vans and other media camp in a parking lot beside a surf shop that extols the virtues of hamburgers and Jesus. Robert Henreich
After spending 26 months with no electricity in the mountains of Honduras, Peace Corps volunteer Rich Schreib is back home in Cumberland becoming acclimated to having modern conveniences again. Robert Henreich
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