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If you're interested in volunteering but don't know just where to start, your opportunity can begin Friday (March 19) at the "Day of Caring" volunteer fair. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland's Intercontinental Hotel. More than 80 Northeast Ohio organizations will be on hand to match the skills and interests of potential volunteers and mentors with the groups which can best use them.  

Loss of gaming funding for school playgrounds is expected to be a devastating blow for at least 16 elementary schools that were looking to rebuild their playgrounds. The province cancelled the program for 2010/'11, saying the program's mandate had been fulfilled and $4 million had been spent on playground renovations. Schools that missed the cut will now have to look elsewhere for sources of funding or put their projects on hold.  

HUNDREDS of people spent the night camped out at Long St Park in Smithfield last weekend to raise money for the victims of the Chilean earthquake. Organiser Rafael Meza said more than 5000 people visited the park over the two-day event. "We only expected 500 to 1000 people," he said.  

Bank of America today announced it will match funds generated through its world-renowned Chicago-based running events – Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle and Bank of America Chicago Marathon – to launch a local youth fitness initiative in its continued support of after-school programs. In an event held today at Navy Pier, David Sontag, regional managing director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Management, announced a total donation of $324,000 will be split among four local organizations: ChicagoRun,

Bank of America continues to honor our long-standing commitment to Chicago after-school programs to directly assist in the cognitive and physical development of our youth   -David Sontag

 

Many Hesston residents were familiar with the Hesston Education Foundation, an organization which allowed private donations to be funned to Hesston USD 460. After a great deal of research, and in cooperation with the USD 460 School Board, the Hesston Education Foundation was renamed and expanded to incorporate all of Hesston and the Hesston Community Foundation came into being as an affiliate of the Central Kansas Community Foundation. Chairman Lu Willems, said the expanded mission of the foundation w  

The board of directors of the Jones County Community Foundation is currently accepting grant requests for community projects funded from the Jones County Charitable Giving Fund. Proposals are sought for projects and programs that address community needs, affect a broad segment of the community, and attract additional funding from local groups, government or other foundations. Funds are available for nonprofit organizations that serve general charitable needs in Jones County. The total available funds

This is second year that we will be funding grants from the Jones County Charitable Giving Fund   -Dan Ryan

 

KETTERING— The city's Make a Difference Day project, which turned a state requirement into a community service project, recently received recognition from the Ohio Community Service Council. The project involved about 300 volunteers, made up of various community groups and individuals, who used their free time on Oct. 24 to place metal medallions, that warn people not to dump materials into drains on city's storm drains, according to Bonnie Pittl, Volunteer Services coordinator. It occurs on the fourt  

As the final seconds of a 30-hour fast approach at 11:30 p.m. on March 27, Libby teens raising money to help the hungry might just break into an animated countdown to the moment when they can stuff food into their mouths. After all, their tummies will definitely be grumbling after a strict diet of juice and water. Unfortunately, too many people around the globe live daily with hunger pains and no celebratory countdown exists 30 hours after their last meal.  

The Bonsall Education Foundation (BEF), a non-profit foundation that funds grants in support of academic excellence for the Bonsall Union School District (BUSD), announced last week that the "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" Sullivan Middle School campus beautification project, held on March 6, was a huge success. Hundreds of volunteers came out to Sullivan Middle School to earn their free Disney® ticket as part of a well-orchestrated volunteer work plan organized by Julie Koleszar, BEF Board Member and