Christmas Comes to Camden, New Jersey

Christmas comes to Camden, New Jersey             It’s not the place most people would choose to spend Christmas Eve morning – in the second most dangerous...

Tales from the Missionary Hut: Pedal Power Nutter

In this month’s Tales from the Missionary Hut, our globally concerned inventors lend the poor in the developing world a hand with the help of much vaunted pedal power.  Based on a design by Nottingham...

Freedom to film

WORLDbytes’ crews of young volunteers learning to shoot alternative news programmes are regularly stopped from filming on the streets of London. Yet it is not against the law to film in public spaces, to...

Local volunteers gave school supplies to the children of Maporak

Sitio Maporak, Barangay New San Juan, Cabangan, Zambales Philippines – sitio Maporak is a Aeta community in Zambales recently visited by volunteers lead by Ubit Aguilar to distribute school supplies for the local...

What If You Had A Fire…And No One Came?

One of America's great traditions struggles to stay alive. By Lou Angeli WILMINGTON, DE (March 29, 2009) -- They are the folks who leave behind family and home at a moment’s notice to help a neighbor or other any person in need. That’s the story of 800,000 Americans...

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Have More Volunteers Than Positions

We are one year away from the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. The athletes are training, advertisers are lining up, spectators are booking flights and hotels in Vancouver and Whistler, and Vancouver Olympic organizers...

In New Orleans, already started Barack Obama's call for service

"InsideOut editor Renee Peck, Times-Picayune For once, New Orleans is on the cutting edge of a trend. And when you live in a state that inevitably ranks in the Top 10 for things like obesity and the bottom two for things like education, that's a revelation. As I listened to...

Eyewitness to History:A Volunteer's Experience with the Obama Ca

Eyewitness to History: A Volunteer's Experience with the Obama Campaign Part One: The Democratic Primary: March-April 2008: Some moments of your life catch you by surprise. You work on Day One and the next thing you know, you are working nonstop and do not stop for seven...

Gaza Relief Boat Damaged in Encounter with Israeli Naval Vessel

An Israeli navel vessel rammed a boat carrying medical volunteers, relief supplies and journalists to Gaza early Tuesday as it attempted to intercept the vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.  Israel denies...

Experience Nature to Improve Mental Process

This is an interesting study.  It seemsthat nature is beneficial to people.  This makes it even more important topreserve natural areas.  It also shows city people need to get outside the...

The Arlington Wreath Project - Random Acts of Kindness Spread Across the Nation

In this time of financial need and turmoil for the United States, one of those random acts has prevailed for 17 years. It started in Maine and is still spreading across America. Is this what the first President...

Giant gets makeover

The Cerne Abbas Giant was looking a little less in shape than he should until volunteers gave him a makeover that means he can be seen standing proud for miles around again.Folklore says that if couples sit on...

Kelly Morris, Missing Mother of Two, May Have Been Murdered

" GRANVILLE COUNTY, N.C. – A team of about 20 friends, family, and volunteers continued combing parts of Stem and Granville County on Wednesday in search for Kelly Morris. The 28-year-old was last seen Sept....

Charities and campaigners say vetting brands volunteers as paedophiles

There are growing fears that vetting is putting off volunteers, and casting suspicion on people whose motive is to help. Watch this frank discussion between Baroness Julia Neuberger, Chair of the Commission on the...

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