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More than 350 volunteers fanned out across Henderson County Friday and Saturday, helping schools, nonprofits, parks and other agencies with spring cleaning, painting, landscaping and other jobs at 32 sites. Read Story »
Tags: volunteerism | Days of Caring | food drive
The city of Hendersonville has openings on numerous advisory boards and committees and is looking for community-minded residents to get involved with their local government. Read Story »
Tags: volunteerism
The United Way of Henderson County honored the recipients of distinguished awards to community leaders and corporate giving partners during its virtual Annual United Way Celebration last week. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | volunteerism | McCray Benson | Rob and Ginger Cranford Award | Judy Benson
In our annual Season of Giving salute to nonprofits and volunteers, we ask organizations to nominate a Volunteer of the Year. We're running the 2020 volunteers four at a time in three stories on the website. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Season of Giving
For this year’s Season of Giving, our annual salute to nonprofits and the volunteers who make them run, we asked the organizations’ leaders how they’ve managed in the coronavirus pandemic. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Season of Giving
Here is a roundup of local briefs: Read Story »
Tags: volunteerism | Studio 52 | farmers markets
The United Way of Henderson County is seeking support from across the community for the fifth annual Day of Action, taking place virtually across the county to help Henderson County Public Schools students and staff get back to in-person learning safely. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | volunteerism | Day of Action | coronavirus schools
On Thanksgiving, we are featuring our Season of Giving Q&As of people that agency leaders nominated as their volunteers of the year. We are featuring them four at a time through the weekend. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism
Around 400 volunteers fanned out around Henderson County today for the annual Days of Caring to help 25 local nonprofits do projects that range from painting, mulching and home repair to sorting food donations and sewing pillows for hospice patients. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | Volunteers | volunteerism | Days of Caring
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Pardee
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | non-profit organizations | Season of Giving
More than 600 community volunteers came together to work on 44 service projects at 23 Henderson County schools as part of United Way of Henderson County’s annual Day of Action on Friday. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | volunteerism | Day of Action
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
Tags: volunteerism | Season of Giving
After eight months of education and community service, 20 members of sixth annual Rising Leaders Program of the United Way of Henderson County are better prepared to start making a difference as volunteers with Henderson County nonprofit organizations. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | Volunteers | volunteerism | United Way Rising Leaders
The United Way of Henderson County is encouraging people to help local students get ready for school by packing a school bus with food donations for MANNA’s Packs for Kids and school supplies for Henderson County public school students. It's part of the first Day of Action, which kicks off Friday morning at Dietz Field at Hendersonville High School. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | Volunteers | volunteerism | Day of Action
With the turn of six shovels, leaders of the Interfaith Assistance Ministry celebrated the groundbreaking for a new $2.6 million home for the 32-year-old agency that feeds and clothes the poor and intervenes in crisis to rescue families in times of need. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
Hed shot of Karla Reese Barbara Gregory, who has Grace, and Barbara Glassman, who brings Bella, are pet therapy volunteers. It’s clear from their teasing that Pardee CEO Jay Kirby and auxiliary volunteer B.J. Alison know one another well. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Pardee
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 North Carolina Awards, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state and awarded by the governor, through Friday, April 24 Read Story »
Tags: volunteerism
Sharon Mendolsohn looked out at the gathering of 55 teenagers in T-shirts and jeans filling plastic bags to feed the hungry and declared it a good scene. Read Story »
Tags: volunteerism | Churches
Like a lot of people, Bob and Fran German have always enjoyed travel. Unlike most travelers, they didn't settle for sightseeing. Read Story »
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FLAT ROCK — The National Park Service and National Park Foundation honored Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site youth volunteers during a meeting in Washington on June 25. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Carl Sandburg National Historic Site
Marvin Kenneth "Marv" Larson, who had a heart for service that inspired years of cheerful volunteerism on ballfields and in classrooms and jails, died Thursday at The Laurels, where he had been receiving medical care during several weeks of declining health. He was 92. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Hendersonville Kiwanis Club
Almost 300 volunteers fanned out across Henderson County on Friday to put in more than 1,800 hours of volunteer work during the United Way's annual Day of Caring. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | volunteerism
FLAT ROCK — Annie Fritschner, a longtime volunteer, non-profit fundraising expert and ordained minister, was honored as the 2013 Vanessa Y. Mintz Athena Award winner during a luncheon Thursday at Kenmure Country Club. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Athena Award | non-profit organizations | philanthropy | Annie Fritschner
Henderson County's up-and-coming leaders in business and civic life graduated from a program that teaches about non-profit service and immediately went on job interviews. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | volunteerism | United Way Rising Leaders