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Can’t make an MLK Day event in person? No problem! Here are ways to serve, celebrate the holiday
Read full article: Can’t make an MLK Day event in person? No problem! Here are ways to serve, celebrate the holidayHere are some ideas on how you can serve on Martin Luther King Jr. Day if you can’t make it to a live event.
‘This helps me a lot:’ 2,500 families receive meals during Orange County schools winter break
Read full article: ‘This helps me a lot:’ 2,500 families receive meals during Orange County schools winter breakOrange County Public Schools and Second Harvest Food Bank teamed up Saturday to make sure students and their families would have food during the two-week winter break.
Nonprofit delivers holiday cheer to children’s hospitals. Here’s how to donate in Florida
Read full article: Nonprofit delivers holiday cheer to children’s hospitals. Here’s how to donate in FloridaThe Greyson Project is giving Santa Claus a run for his money by helping to deliver bags of holiday decorations to children’s hospitals across the country.
Want to give back to your community this Thanksgiving? Here’s how
Read full article: Want to give back to your community this Thanksgiving? Here’s howThe holidays are the perfect time to give back to the community and there are a plethora of opportunities in the Central Florida area for you and your family.
Local church works to bring smiles to thousands of children around the world this holiday season
Read full article: Local church works to bring smiles to thousands of children around the world this holiday seasonVolunteers pack shoeboxes of toys and school supplies to send off for Operation Christmas Child
Urban farms create opportunity (and food!) for those in the community
Read full article: Urban farms create opportunity (and food!) for those in the communityYou’ve probably thought of growing your own little garden in your backyard (or maybe you already have), but what happens when that garden becomes more than just a fun side project -- and ends up helping the community around you?
9 vital questions to ask before embarking on a volunteer vacation
Read full article: 9 vital questions to ask before embarking on a volunteer vacationVolunteer vacations are popular with gap-year students, retired seniors, and millions of people in between. Perhaps you’re just starting to travel again, for the first time in a long time, considering the pandemic, and you’re thinking about a volunteer vacation.
Pop-up food bank serves Chuluota area with fresh vegetables
Read full article: Pop-up food bank serves Chuluota area with fresh vegetablesTwice a month, the couple creates up a pop-up farmers market in front of VFW Post 10139 in Chuluota. “Would you like some spinach?” Zielke asked one of the nearly 70 people who make their way to the fresh vegetable food bank. “That gave us an idea that we could go there and help them by purchasing some of the food they couldn’t sell,” Mike Zielke said. “It’s something we thought would be very short term,” Mike Zielke said. Friends suggested he stop by the Chuluota food bank.
5 Things to Know for Today
Read full article: 5 Things to Know for TodayVolunteer of the Spanish NGO Open Arms Julia Martin, 38, plays with 4-month old Biel, as his father makes a PCR test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Vilafranca del Penedes in the Barcelona province, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Volunteer helps families during difficult times
Read full article: Volunteer helps families during difficult timesVolunteer helps families during difficult timesPublished: January 23, 2020, 6:40 pmJane Nealey has fast fingers and a giving spirit. This week's Getting Results Award winner has turned her hobby into a way to comfort others during difficult times.