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  • Volunteer Chore Program

    Posted June 30th, 2008 by Volunteer Chore...

    Location(s)

    Whatcom Volunteer Center
    Bellingham, WA, 98225
    See map: Google Maps
    We provide volunteers to serve seniors and adults with disabilities, helping them remain living independently in their homes.
    2 supporters

    The Volunteer Chore Program serves seniors and adults wtih disabilities who are low-income. Volunteers assist with tasks such as housecleaning, laundry, yard work, essential transportation, and minor home repairs in order to help our clients remain living independently as long as possible.

     

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  • Project Wolfpack

    Posted May 9th, 2008 by Satori

    Location(s)

    Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
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    Crowdsourcing accountability
    2 supporters

    Wolfpack can end corruption in politics, news media and corporations everywhere in the world, and it needs your help to start! Crowds can keep tabs on key figures in every country in the world, and make existing systems healthier. Think Wikipedia specifically for corruption - with a "Contribute" button on each page.

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  • urban reforestation

    Reforest unused urban spaces

    Posted May 6th, 2008 by Warren Klink

    Location(s)

    home office
    Bellevue, WA, 98006
    See map: Google Maps
    Use all those little slivers of land, median strips, parking lots islands, etc., to grow low maint. thickets
    5 supporters

    Lots of paved land surfaces are currently available for reforestation. Look at the center of almost any city or town and you will see opportunities for little pieces of land, sometimes only a 2-foot wide sliver of asphalt in the middle of a street, to be given back to nature by planting the right kind of vegetation.

     

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  • "heart and hands of the community"

    Whatcom Volunteer Center

    Posted March 18th, 2008 by Dan Hammill

    Location(s)

    Whatcom Volunteer Center
    Bellingham, WA, 98225
    See map: Google Maps
    Turn your passion into action: volunteer
    5 supporters

    The reasons to volunteer are virtually endless, ranging from improving your own resume to helping someone in your community with no expectation of anything in return.

    Whatever moves you, Whatcom Volunteer Center is here to help.

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  • Girls For A Change

    Posted March 17th, 2008 by gfcerin

    Location(s)

    National Office
    East Palo Alto, CA
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    Girls For A Change is a nationwide organization that empowers girls to create social change.
    4 supporters

    Girls For A Change History:Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers girls to create social change. In 1999 GFC's founders surveyed nearly 4000 diverse young women in the Silicon Valley area.

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  • Rwandan Orphans' Project

    Posted February 27th, 2008 by GabrielConstans

    Location(s)

    Rwandan Orphans' Project
    4761 Cass Street, San Diego, CA, 92109
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    There are over a million orphans in Rwanda. Over 400 have found hope and a new beginning at El Shaddai Rwanda Orphans' Project in Kigali.
    4 supporters

    Making a difference when the worst that could happen already has.

    Most of the children at El Shaddai Rwandan Orphans' Project in Kigali (the capital of Rwanda) are survivors of the 1994 genocide and the AIDS pandemic, which took their parents, families and relatives lives.

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  • I AM A PERSON (Childrens Empowerment Program)

    Posted February 23rd, 2008 by thegoebs

    Location(s)

    New York
    New York, NY, 10019
    See map: Google Maps
    Building childrens self-esteem
    1 supporter
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  • RunPolitics and OpenFloor Technologies

    Posted February 23rd, 2008 by thegoebs

    Location(s)

    Anywhere
    Salt Lake City, UT, 84010
    See map: Google Maps
    Total access in political and business process
    1 supporter

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