Tag: volunteers

Over 66,000 Ukrainian Men Have Returned From Abroad to Fight, Says Defense Minister

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Saturday that 66,224 Ukrainian men returned from abroad to join the fight against what Russia calls a “special military operation” in the country. “That’s how many men returned from abroad at this moment to defend their country from the horde,” Reznikov said in a statement on social media. “These are…


The PATH from Homelessness to Home Ownership

One of many programs at the non-profit People Attempting to Help, or PATH, in Tyler, Texas, is one to help the homeless have a home. How does renting a six-year-old, 1,800-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath home, for $650 a month sound? The homes come with laminated floors, a dishwasher, refrigerator, stove, fenced-in yard, air conditioning, heat, and…


Tyler Texas Establishes ‘Precedent Setting’ Program in Approach to the Homeless

Homeless issues in Tyler, Texas, are not expected to be eradicated, said the city’s mayor and a police sergeant on Feb. 24, to The Epoch Times. But there is the expectation that Tyler’s homeless problem can be “mitigated, managed, and controlled,” given the right focus and proper distribution of available resources. Civic leaders and police…


Veterans Volunteer on Another Mission to Help Each Other

The seeds of his volunteering were sown at the foot of Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan, said Chris Gill, who served as a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army’s 95th Infantry Division. A rocket attack in 2005 left Gill with injuries to his knees and shoulders, a painful reminder of his service at a forward operating base….


Young Volunteers Leading the Way at Musical Mentors

The picture of a volunteer of America may bring to mind older, seasoned citizens imparting the wisdom of their years to a younger generation. But who thinks of the benefit an 11-year-old “mentor” can have on even younger children, who would be more impacted by someone close to their age? Duff and Bonita Rowden have,…


Teaching Principles of Liberty to Muslim Students in Socialist Kosovo Through The Bible

Some volunteers of America won’t quit, even when they’re dying—or supposed to be as good as dead. Such was the case with veteran American volunteers Bill and Susan Burtness of Illinois. Now in their 70s, they advise fellow volunteers who may be weary from well-doing,  ”Don’t quit. the best is yet to come.” “If you…


Americans are ‘People Who Care’, Amazon River Folk Say After Warners

Arizona native David Warner was used to traveling over great distances of water serving America as a petty officer aboard the aircraft supercarrier USS Independence (CV-62) in the 1970s. But his most demanding and daring mission was being captain of his own 50-foot boat, the Nova Esperanza,  traveling up the Amazon  “about a week” upriver from…


Volunteers Helping Volunteers in Some of the Poorest Countries of the World

Mercy Ships currently operates the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, staffed “mostly by volunteers,” said David Warner, 67, a two-decade, full-time volunteer with the organization that started in 1978. Warner, a U.S. Navy veteran, found a natural home in the maritime mission after his military service and 12-year stint as an Amazon river…


Volunteers Hand Out Water After Colorado Wildfire

As investigators search for the cause of the Colorado wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, residents still don’t have clean drinking water, among other essential utilities. In the tight-knit suburb of Louisville, volunteers—many of whom do not have water themselves—carried packs of bottled water into residents’ cars at the Louisville public library. Marcy Rodney was…


Salvation Army Bell Ringers Carry On Century-Old Donation Drive Tradition

The Salvation Army’s bells are ringing throughout America once again this year with volunteers blanketing virtually every zip code. For more than 120 years the Red Kettle drive, as it is called, has been a familiar, iconic sight, ranging from the streets of New York to the far-less traveled byways of remote America. There’s not…