Martin Luther King, Jr. represented a new beginning for America during the 1950s and 1960s. Among other civil rights activists, such as Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez, King was such a driving force for people’s right to equality that a national holiday has been created to honor him. As a Baptist minister and a social activist, King was […]
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What were you doing when you were eight? Playing with princesses and knights in shining armor? Practicing your times tables? Conquering bullies for the greater good of people’s lives whom you have never met and don’t affect you? Probably the first two, I would assume. Well, Christian McPhilamy chose the latter. Eight-year-old Florida native McPhilamy grew his hair […]
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Sunday was laundry day. As a graduate student, I hated Sunday evenings, especially snowy, slushy, and cold evenings. My only concerns were having enough quarters, remembering to take detergent with me, readings for my classes so I could make use of the time, and fitting everything in a bag I could carry. For those of […]
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Hannah Kimmel is not your average 11-year-old girl. Hannah found out in November of 2013 that the White Elm Nursery in Hartland, Wisconsin, was going to be destroyed, along with the chimney that was home to 1,000 chimney swifts. Chimney swifts are small North American birds that spend almost all of their time in the […]
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I am so pleased to turn our Community Service focus to the Best Buddies program. The basis of this program is to create “one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).” Best Buddies is a worldwide, non-profit organization that impacts 800,000 individuals. Making the mark: Emily Rodriguez “Currently a […]
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Why not make this summer memorable for you, and bring joy to someone else’s life? Here is how Tim Pietz is making his mark: “As a Boy Scout trying to reach the rank of Eagle, I needed to find a service project I could perform to fulfill the needed requirements. Our Troop is a small […]
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As a human being living on planet earth, there is always something that I care about. There is always news of a new disaster striking, and there are so many people who need help. Thankfully, people are out there giving them that help. There are numerous charities and organizations that help different causes, whether it’s […]
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