Tag: volunteer

Mitchell woman heads to Miss America Volunteer Pageant

May 16—MITCHELL — A 21-year-old Mitchell woman has been crowned Miss South Dakota Volunteer 2024. Laney Titze is preparing to represent South Dakota nationally at the Miss America Teen Volunteer pageant in Jackson, Tennessee, June 16-22. Titze will be competing for scholarships and the job of Miss Volunteer America. The Miss Volunteer America organization’s mission […]

I Love My Park Day today, opportunities to volunteer, give back

May 4—ALBANY — Today is I Love My Park Day, a statewide event held each year on the first Saturday of May to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks, historic sites, greenway trails and other public lands. Volunteers of all ages can participate in various outdoor stewardship activities to help prepare our green spaces for […]

SRMC names Salem woman its volunteer of year

A Salem woman has been named Volunteer of the Year at Salem Regional Medical Center. Sandra Quinn moved to Salem with her husband, Michael, in 2019, and began volunteering with Salem Mobile Meals. Quinn, a lifelong Northeast Ohio resident, was born in Cleveland and graduated from Stow High School before attending Kent State University. Quinn […]

Seattle Puppy Raisers volunteer with guide dogs

Heidi Hespelt and Robin Roselle have decades of ‘dog raising’ experience between them. Together they lead a group, called the ‘Seattle Puppy Raisers’. It’s a community of volunteers, who have signed up to raise future guide dogs, for the blind and vision impaired. “I saw the need and decided maybe I could do that,” says […]

Volunteer opportunities still available for Salina Spring Spruce-up

Salina’s Spring Spruce-up 2024 is coming this weekend, with the Friends of the River Foundation announcing several areas around the city needing volunteers. According to the Friends, this year’s event, happening from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27, is the next example of the Salina community coming together with spirit and civic pride. […]

Walmart helps local food banks with volunteer work and donations

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Walmart is lending support to local hunger relief organizations including the Roadrunner Food Bank. Volunteers came in from the supercenter to lend a hand with the Fight Hunger, Spark Change campaign. NMDOT to remove murals along I-25 underpass “Volunteers make up such an important part of our “workforce” here at the food […]

OSU hosting volunteer day across Stillwater on Saturday

Apr. 11—Oklahoma State University students, faculty, staff, alumni, Extension educators and more will gather outside of the Wes Watkins Center at 8 a.m. on Saturday to celebrate State of Orange by volunteering across Oklahoma. State of Orange is a partnership between OSU community service organization Into the Streets and President Kayse Shrum. State of Orange […]