VALPARAISO | Colin Stewart, from Lakeshore Area Regional Recovery of Indiana, and his crew – volunteers from St. Teresa’s – hauled 80 pound bags of cement mix off the back of a flatbed truck. Other workers, clad in respirator masks, carried pieces of black-mold covered dry wall from the interior of a home in the 700 block...
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The United Way Day of Caring 2010 kicked off this morning with a fantastic breakfast provided by Strongbow. “Each year, people come out and give of themselves,” stated United Way of Porter County President Sharon Kish. This year’s theme, “Raise the Bar in 2010,” proved true, as over 40 teams volunteered their time to help...
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Indiana Receives Increased AmeriCorps State Funding INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 13, 2010) – The Office of Faith Based and Community initiatives today announced that seventeen organizations in Indiana will receive a total of $3,738,286 in AmeriCorps grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service. AmeriCorps programs in Indiana are administered on behalf of the...
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Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual United Way Regional Day of Caring to be held in Lake and Porter County on August 27 and 28. The event is billed by organizers as the largest gathering of volunteers in Northwest Indiana. The United Way Regional Volunteer Center is searching is for small or large companies,...
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