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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 15 Jan

My son (Midi) and I have had a lot of fun over the past few days. We travelled by train up to Liverpool on Sunday. We checked in to The Liner Hotel before meeting up with Midi's friend for lunch. We then had a walk through Everton...

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One way to save money

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 4 Mar 25

This post is inspired by one from @jstory07 One thing I do to save money is volunteering. I look at what I enjoy doing and then see how I can get involved. When I was at school a friend and I volunteered at our local cinema, so...

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My January: A Very Happy (but very long) Post

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 11 Jan 25

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do hope that your Christmas/Yule/other was good, and that 2025 has got off to a good start. My year, so far, has been fantastic. It started with a 1.5lb weight loss, which is great because I've...

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What a complete fiasco!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 29 Nov 24

I might have mentioned before that I have been volunteering with the Volunteer Driver Service – providing low-cost transport for people to get to medical appointments etc. Drivers do get a mileage reimbursement for fuel but we...

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What has been the most meaningful charitable activity you have participated in?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 10 Jul 24

Contributing to the needy and less priveleged is something that helps us to better humans . Volunteering and charity events , known and unknown , could make a lot of difference for people . There are people who contribute for...

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A cat who had a jar stuck on its head was rescued by a man in New Jersey

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122203) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Dec 23

A Christmas miracle happened in Irvington New Jersey when New Jersey-based animal rescue volunteers Marcia Sandford Fishkind and her partner Eileen DiNicola reached out to their friend John DeBacker who needed their help to save a...

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Interesting journeys

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 1 Nov 23

A few months ago I signed up to the volunteer driver service (VDS). This service takes people to and from medical appointments if they don’t have their own transport. They were very helpful to my Dad in his last year when he could...

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Over 500 Soldiers are Waiting for Letters

Karen Hellier @Kouponkaren (5497) • United States 13 Sep 23

I have mentioned before that through a program called Soldier's Angels I was adopting US soldiers who were deployed and sending them letters, cards, and packages. But then my local post office made it complicated to send overseas...

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Short story: A new boss motivates Jack to change for the better

emptychair @innertalks (23741) • Australia 25 Jun 23

Jack Ludlick, was a man of varied interests, but most of his interests were self-interests. His life centred around himself. [b]Jack had no interest in going within, and contacting his inner self, to allow him to develop...

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I Volunteered At My Local Foodbank Center.

Deborah Oculi @glamouze (5) 11 Feb 23

Today I volunteered at the foodbank center near me. I left home in the morning, and came back around 6pm. I am very tired. I loved every bit of it even though the work was tiring. I was made to sort out the expiry date of each of...

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The Volunteer Green Ornament

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 11 Dec 22

Snapped a quick photo of the sunset from my deck. All clouds now. Funny thing is the big green inflatable ornament. See it in the photo? This decoration has blown around in many yards in my neighborhood for about a week now. The...

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Volunteer saves the lives of passengers trapped inside of an auto stuck on train tracks.

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122203) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Nov 22

Rodney Daniel who was working as a volunteer at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Georgia saw his chance to save the lives of several persons whose auto was trapped on railroad tracks last Saturday evening who would...

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Community Volunteer

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 11 Apr 22

My mom is a cellgroup leader. She handles bible study for a group of women every Friday. Lately they were asked by our pastor to attend seminar as community volunteers. They will handle members of 4Ps or those poor families given...

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Hope You've Had A Good Tuesday

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 15 Feb 22

Mine has been a busy one, I helped at the food pantry, from.10 to 2 at 2 I went to a missions meeting at our Church and in about a half an hour or so Rosie will be picking me up from Bible Study! So far today I've got 6,767...

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Busy Thursday

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 10 Feb 22

My Thursday was spent at the Church, first helping with the food pantry put on by an Amazing lady named Nancy, I am blessed to have known her for years, she does a lot for our community. From 10-about 2 I was helping out, and...

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A happy dog adoption story from Ohio

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122203) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Nov 21

Doug Sears who works at the Animal Charity of Ohio is one person who enjoyed taking care of a dog named Ceasar who had been in the shelter since 2016 with sores on his body and heartworms. Doug liked Ceasar when he first saw him...

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A children's hospital volunteer reaches 100 years of age

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122203) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 May 21

Marian Hakanson who recently turned 100 years of age is grateful that the staff at the Northridge Hospital in California where she has been a volunteer for the last 25 years received her dream of riding in a hot air balloon ride...

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Feeling Pretty Accomplished

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7406) • Sparta, Tennessee 19 Apr 21

So obviously I'm not feeling accomplished about today...at least not yet. I still have so much to do today and I feel like not enough time. No, I feel accomplished because I completed and turned in my four completed FEMA tests...

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April 12, 2021

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7406) • Sparta, Tennessee 12 Apr 21

So it's been another weekend that I didn't work online and I really need to do at least a little lol. The weekend though was amazing. Friday I got all the errands done and everything and was very productive. Saturday we did...

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Volunteering abroad

Maureen Nkubitu @mosherii (1207) 29 Jan 21

From the beginning of this year I have been having a craving to go volunteer somewhere in a foreign country. The problem is I have no idea how people go about it. How do the people who volunteer survive? What happens to their...

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