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Official: 2 dead after Angel Flight crashes in NY

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:23:14 -0400

EPHRATAH, New York - A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.

New Orleans police ID suspect in volunteer's death

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:19:06 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - Investigators have named a suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Americorps worker gunned down on April 1.

School volunteers to get background checks in RI

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:18:04 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - School volunteers in Rhode Island will have to undergo a criminal background check under legislation signed into law by Gov. Lincoln Chafee.

Volunteer caretaker tends to Brewer Hill Cemetery

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:31:13 -0400

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - She rakes dead grass off the grave with the three names and one inscription: Forever in Our Hearts. The woman in work gloves and white sun hat picks up the grass and stuffs her plastic bag full for another trip to the ravine down the hill.

Md. fire volunteer hit by car while clearing wreck

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:26:51 -0400

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Maryland State Police say a Washington County Fire Police volunteer was hit by a car while helping to clear a wreak on Interstate 68.

Fox Point Senior Center volunteer honored

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:06:32 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Providence Mayor Angel Taveras (tuh-VEHR'-us) has honored 150 volunteers who work with senior citizens, including one who was named Volunteer of the Year.

Injured volunteer seeks payment from lost hiker

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:07 -0400

SANTA ANA, California - A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness says he deserves restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges.

La Red Cross workers go to OK for tornado relief

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:22:20 -0400

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - Ten American Red Cross volunteers from south Louisiana and one from Monroe have left the state to help residents of Moore, Oklahoma, whose homes and businesses were hit Monday by an EF-5 tornado.

Volunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:03 -0400

GATLINBURG, Tennessee - A lot of the trail work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is done by volunteers. There is another service opportunity June 1.

Excerpts from recent North Dakota editorials

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:28 -0400

Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, May 17, 2013

Va national vet cemetery needs volunteer flag help

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:41:15 -0400

HAMPTON, Virginia - Volunteers are being sought to place American flags at grave markers in Hampton VA National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

Volunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:35:04 -0400

GATLINBURG, Tennessee - A lot of the trail work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is done by volunteers. There is another service opportunity June 1.

Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:40 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.

Southern Baptists prepare to send help to Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:34:41 -0400

ALPHARETTA, Georgia - Members of the Southern Baptist Convention's disaster relief organization are making plans at their suburban Atlanta offices to send help to the Oklahoma City area after Monday's tornado.

SPOTLIGHT: Soccer gives disabled a place to learn

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:54 -0400

CARY, Illinois - Kicking a soccer ball while it's moving is difficult for Tisha Brown's 6-year-old daughter, Anaka, who has trouble balancing on one leg because of distal arthrogryposis, which is tightness in joints and muscles that restricts movements.

Gun safety top priority at Gettysburg 150th

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:28:19 -0400

YORK, Pennsylvania - The document is 39 pages long. And this year it is going to contain some of the most important words read in Gettysburg - maybe not timeless, Gettysburg Address important. But important nonetheless.

Kennedy tries new strategy for Ala. Democrats

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:37:44 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Since he quit his post as chairman of the state Democratic Party a month ago, Mark Kennedy has formed a new office, established a website and amassed a growing list of volunteers as he and several other defectors from the traditional party apparatus attempt to build a new organization in a red state where Democrats have lost control of all three branches of state government.

Wis. group seeks volunteers to plant 500 gardens

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:05:24 -0400

MILWAUKEE - The Victory Garden Initiative is seeking volunteers to plant 500 vegetable gardens in Milwaukee this month.

Former Boy Scout volunteer in prison for sex abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:12 -0400

BELLEVILLE, Illinois - A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family.

Pa. woman with brain injury wants to prove herself

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:40 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - Thirteen years ago on a Manheim Township soccer field, freshman Lyndsi Binford ran into a hard-kicked ball. Thrown off balance, she tumbled and her head struck the ground.

Artist seeks 1,000 volunteers For Philly project

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:48:04 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - An artist is hoping hundreds of people will come into downtown Philadelphia for a project that is being created to highlight the thousands of Americans killed every year by gun violence.

Pa. chief chided for using fire truck as prom limo

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47:05 -0400

WEST NEWTON, Pennsylvania - A volunteer fire chief's decision to have his son and the boy's date chauffeured to their high school prom in a fire truck has sparked a four-alarm controversy in their southwestern Pennsylvania borough.

Texas volunteer firefighter memorial needs room

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:47:24 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - A memorial to Texas volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty has run out of room to add names.

Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:35:42 -0400

WEST, Texas - When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe.

Volunteers cleanup debris from Back Bay of Biloxi

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:26:04 -0400

BILOXI, Mississippi - About 50 volunteers hauled trash and debris out of Back Bay as part of the Renew Our Rivers campaign.