As a former participant in Relay For Life, I am excited to share Stephanie and Maggie’s stories with you in this post that continues a series of PBF-reader submitted volunteer stories. Relay For Life is an overnight relay-style event that raises money for the American Cancer Society. Teams of people camp out around a track… 

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If you read this blog with any regularity you know I’m a big-time animal lover. Pictures of Sadie are plastered all over the place and stories about people helping animals simply make my heart swell. This post continues the series of PBF-reader submitted volunteer stories and highlights the experiences of three readers with The Humane… 

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Today’s PBF reader volunteer stories come from three wonderful women who wrote to me about their involvement with an organization that I’m sure many of us have heard of at one time or another: Special Olympics. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type… 

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Today’s special post from a PBF reader about volunteering comes from Stephanie who shares about her incredible experience with the Coalition for Refugee Resettlement, a partnership between university students and refugees that seeks to support refugees in reaching their goals for their new lives. You may learn more about the Coalition for Refugee Resettlement by… 

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I am very excited to share the following PBF-reader submitted volunteer story with you. Heather emailed me about her involvement with the National Sports Center for the Disabled and I found myself captivated. The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is an organization dedicated to helping people with a disability to ski, snowboard, play… 

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