
Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Tips from Slate on how to volunteer and spend time with your friends ...
How can I persuade my friend to come volunteer with me? - By Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer .
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The time for making New Year's resolutions is nigh, and volunteering to help the less-fortunate is always a popular vow. Unfortunately, lending your time to charity can mean spending less time socializing with friends. How to reconcile the two? Ask a frien

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington is holding a contest to recruit new volunteers to mentor our youth. Fabulous prizes are offered! Email bbbs@swwabigs.org for information, or with contact information for the perfect volunteer! Change a kid's life, and win free dinners too!

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties It's a beautiful day to deliver holiday meals to hundreds of seniors! We especially like all the placemats designed by local school children. Stay tuned for pictures.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties the staff and over 100 volunteers will be helping to deliver holiday meals in Thurston and Mason Counties on Wed.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Did you see Mason County' first performance of Handel's Messiah this weekend? If not, check out Anna's Bay Center for Music, whose chorale rehearses at one of our favorite places: the Harmony Hill Retreat Center.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Did you all see this New York Times story from the Science section? It looks like what we have suspected is true -- people are born with the urge to help.
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Biologists are forming a better view of humankind than the traditional opinions of it as warlike and selfish.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Looking for something to do today to help others? Capital Kids Connection is sorting, tagging and labling presents for foster kids today. The location is in the old Boater's World, next door to Barnes and Noble on the westside. They'll be there from 9 AM to 9 PM sorting all the gifts that have been donated. Come on down and be Santa or an elf for the day.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Will you take Rachel's Challenge? 1. Eliminate Prejudice by Looking For The Best In Others 2.Choose Positive Influences And Role Models in Life 3.Keep A Daily Journal or Diary 4. Look For Little Things That Make a Big Difference 5.Tell People How Much You Care About Them

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties There were a lot of great aspects of the Rachel's Challenge Community event tonight at Komachin Middle School in Lacey -- inspired parents, a moved and committed principal, and very thoughtful students. One of our favorites came from the challenge banner the kids signed: we got a "whoop!"

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties -- happy to be a part of the Rachel's Challenge Community event tonight at Komachin Middle School in Lacey at 7pm -- you never know when you'll start a chain reaction.
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The official web site in memory of Rachel Joy Scott. A victim of the Columbine High School Shootings. Rachel's Challenge is a program that INSPIRES, INSTRUCTS, and ENABLES students to bring positive change to your school atmosphere.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Check out this great editorial featuring some of our favorite volunteer leaders at the Olympia Project! Big things are in store.
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"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there are no limited dimensions" - Lao Tzu It's the end of the year, already. And now that it is here I have to ask myself how that has happened? Time is a funny and quick moving thing....

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Gov. Gregoire released a balanced budget today that gives Washingtonians an idea of the road ahead given our state's current budget shortfall -- and tough times are ahead. Tough times call for new solutions: if you would like to help us coordinate the Economic Survival Fair or help to lift folks out of poverty with the... EITC, leave a comment here and we'll get right back to you.
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State law requires that Governor Gregoire submit a balanced budget. The proposed 2010 supplemental budget reflects the very difficult decisions made to do just that.

Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, Thurston Counties Are you interested in making a foster kid's christmas? Capitol Kids Connection is saving Christmas for hundreds of area kids and they need our help. We have ten christmas wishes from local teens in foster care that need to be filled, all under $50. If you'd like to help, message here or email emma@volunteer.ws.

















