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Around The Web On Volunteering: March 17

Posted By Kate On 17th March 2007 @ 00:30 In News | No Comments

It’s spring break time, and as some college kids chill out on the beach, others have decided to participate in “alternative spring break”: some Wisconsin kids stay at a migrant shelter on the US - Mexico border to learn more about migrants and refugees…others go to volunteer in Israel’s post-war north.
Both international organizations and local volunteers help out to alleviate the problems brought on by flooding in Mozambique.
A volunteer who renewed his medical EMS training mostly by chance ends up using it to save his wife’s life.
Some volunteer firefighters in Indiana use their skills to work as highly-paid firefighters…in Iraq.
More volunteer firefighters in the news: these ones are volunteering as on-call telephone translators when there are language problems.

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