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2 unusual facts about volunteering


Lake Vista Park

Teams wear Lake Vista Park's colours of white with red and black trim on the ice/field/diamond and are coached by volunteers from the neighbourhood.

Voluntarism

Volunteering – donating one's labor without monetary compensation


Alexander Guchkov

He became known for his hazardous acts, which also included volunteering for the Boer army in the Second Boer War under General Smuts, where he was wounded and taken prisoner.

Bateman Island

In 2002 thanks to support by Bechtel Hanford and with help from many volunteers, about 27 tons worth of beer cans, and other debris left there over the last 60 years was removed.

Black Sea hostage crisis

Erdinç Tekir had been an İHH employee for two years following a decade of volunteering for the organization.

Blake Mycoskie

While vacationing in Argentina in 2006, Blake spent a day volunteering with a local non-profit organization delivering used shoes to children in the villages outside of Buenos Aires.

Blue Barn Theatre

The theater often shares castmembers with Omaha-born filmmaker Alexander Payne, who has been a longtime supporter of the theater, volunteering to be interviewed on the stage of the Omaha Community Playhouse by theater cofounder Hughston Walkinshaw as a fundraising effort in 2002.

Chris Mulford

She paved the way for the WABA-ILCA Fellowship by being an exemplar of a fellow, having spent several months each year in Penang volunteering at the WABA Secretariat almost annually.

Community Service Volunteers

This includes: Mentoring, Millennium Volunteers, 'Go' Volunteering in London, Lending Time, and Allies.

They organise full-time, part-time and one-off volunteering opportunities for different groups in the community, including young adults (through Millennium Volunteers for 16- to 24-year-olds), people over 50 (through the RSVP - Retired and Senior Volunteer Project) and for employees of large corporations.

Crack Baby Athletic Association

After seeing the "saddest commercial ever" presented by Sarah McLachlan about crack babies, Kyle goes to help volunteer at the hospital, but finds Cartman already volunteering there.

George Oppen

Effectively volunteering for duty, Oppen saw active service on the Maginot Line and the Ardennes; he was seriously wounded south of the Battle of the Bulge.

Global Volunteer Network

GVN was launched in December 2000 by Colin Salisbury, its Founder and President, after spending time volunteering in Ghana, West Africa.

Goldie Taylor

Volunteering for her first political campaign in 1993, Taylor worked as an unpaid deputy press secretary for Michael Lomax’s Atlanta mayoral campaign.

Green Man Gaming

Packham had been previously responsible for developing the technology behind Prizefight, volunteering as a Red Shirt at Multiplay LAN events, and working a Software Engineer at Elekta.

HealthCare Volunteer

Founded by Neilesh Patel DDS, and Elliot Mendelsohn MD in November, 2005, HealthCare Volunteer has a large listing of health-related volunteering opportunities serving the non-profit sector.

Henry A. G. Lee

In December 1847 when word of the attack reached the Willamette Valley, the Provisional Government and Gov. George Abernethy called for volunteers to fight against the Cayuse, with Lee volunteering and being selected as captain of a 50 man unit to be dispatched immediately to The Dalles.

James Duff, 4th Earl Fife

Thereupon Duff sought distraction in 1808 by volunteering to join the Spaniards in their war against Napoleon.

Joginder Nagar Valley

The town of Bir attracts visitors for ecotourism, courses in meditation and philosophy, and eco-volunteering.

Jonathan Baxter Harrison

Volunteering for service in the Union Army, he was soon given a medical discharge, and spent the remaining war years as editor of the Winchester Journal in Randolph County, Indiana.

Lorenzo Milam

He got his start in radio volunteering in 1958-1959 at Lew Hill's KPFA in Berkeley, California.

Madrid bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics

The candidacy celebration, held on June 5, 2005 in central Madrid, included the carrying of the longest flag ever constructed through the streets of Madrid using over a thousand volunteering citizens of Madrid as well as a performance by pop singer Shakira.

Malcolm Ashworth

Volunteering for the British army in 1943, Ashworth was commissioned from the IMA and served as a captain in the Devonshire Regiment and Gloucestershire Regiment during World War II in India, Burma and Malaya (Mentioned in Despatches).

Marcie McPherson

Throughout her college years, she enjoyed volunteering with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the American Cancer Society as well as several University committees.

Minister for Civil Society

The post is currently held by Nick Hurd and concerns charities, volunteering, social enterprise and the 'Big Society' agenda of the Coalition government.

Monika Griefahn

Since 1986 Monika Griefahn has been volunteering for the Right Livelihood Award Foundation in.

New York Road Runners

NYRR members are eligible for guaranteed entry into the ING New York City Marathon for a given year by completing nine qualifying NYRR-sponsored road races during the previous calendar year, volunteering for at least one race, and maintaining their membership during the marathon year.

Nick Hurd

Hurd is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering at the Cabinet Office in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.

Nicole Duplaix

She discovered her passion for otters while volunteering at the Bronx Zoo, where the zoo's curator introduced her to these endangered sea and river mammals.

Nola Randall-Mohk

Randall-Mohk was presented with the NSW Lifetime Achievement in Community Service Award by John Hatzistergos, Attorney General and Minister for Citizenship and Peter Primrose, Minister for Volunteering, acknowledging Nola's commitment to meeting the educational needs of disadvantaged adults and their access to suitable vocational opportunities.

Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain

The First World War having begun in 1914, the following year he joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit as an alternative to volunteering for combat, and was sent to York, moving later to the King George Hospital in London, attached to the X-ray department.

Shitsville Express

Francis Ventura, 22, is from Melbourne and has been volunteering for the Labor Party since he was nine years old and stood for the seat of Flinders in the 2010 Federal election.

Steven George Mandis

CNN reported on Mr. Steven Mandis volunteering to teach underprivileged high school students in Harlem, New York about financial responsibility.

Students Helping Honduras

Shin Fujiyama and his sister Cosmo Fujiyama first traveled to Honduras in the summer of 2004, volunteering on a mission trip organized by the Campus Christian Community of the University of Mary Washington to help victims of poverty and domestic abuse.

Thomas Leverton Donaldson

Donaldson travelled overseas after leaving school, obtaining a clerical job with a merchant on the Cape of Good Hope before volunteering for an expedition to attack the French-controlled island of Mauritius.

Timurite movement

The Timurite movement or Timur movement (Тимуровское движение) was an altruistic youth volunteering movement in the Soviet Union promoted via mass youth organizations of Little Octobrists and Young Pioneers.

Voluntary Service Overseas

In 2004, VSO launched a partnership called iVolunteer Overseas (iVO) in India with iVolunteer, an existing volunteering program of MITRA, an Indian NGO.

West Midlands CARE Team

Most personnel work in NHS hospitals in their day-to-day professional life, volunteering spare time to respond with the charity.

Willy Kahle

He became a professional motorcylist in his teens, before volunteering for Hussar Regiment No. 5 of the Imperial German Army in 1911.

Winky, Blinky, and Noddy

In Justice League: Cry for Justice #2 (2009), while volunteering as night guards at Flash Museum, they were killed by an unknown assailant who steals the Cosmic Treadmill.


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