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Letter: A Woman’s Most Difficult Job

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: Mother’s Day is a highly celebrated holiday, and rightfully so. Here at Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley, we know all too well that being a mother is very likely the most difficult job any woman will ever have in her lifetime. Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley has been supporting mothers with new babies and their families for over 27 years. At the core of our …

Letter: Thanks to Donors, Volunteers

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

To the Editor: I want to thank all the volunteers and the people who donated books for the Five Colleges Book Sale. It is a major annual event for our family that we always look forward to with much anticipation and then enjoy the results of for many, many months. Thank you for making it such a wonderful event! Walter Jeffries West Topsham …

Volunteer Jobs Listing

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Send requests for volunteers to Volunteer Jobs, VALLEY NEWS, P.O. Box 877, White River Junction, Vt. 05001; fax to 603-298-0212; or call 603-727-3221 for more information. The complete volunteer jobs listing can be found on the VALLEY NEWS website: www.vnews.com. Click on “Life & Times” and then “Volunteers.” Abbott Memorial Library in South Pomfret seeks book lovers of all ages to volunteer on …

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Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March
Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Preparing for Prom
Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse captain Dilan Clements leads her team in a cheer at the close of practice in Bradford, Vt., yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Oxbow Scoring Aces Get Help From Their Friends
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Letter: Thanks to Medical Center Volunteers

Friday, April 26, 2013

To the Editor: This year the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Auxiliary Volunteers celebrate 80 years of service to our community. Since 1933, volunteers have generously supported the medical center. An operation that in its early days consisted of donation days and musical shows evolved to one that now provides substantial annual …

Christi Berube, of Enfield, passes the time waiting in line by reading a book while waiting for the Five Colleges Book Sale to begin yesterday morning at Lebanon High School. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Volunteers Drive Five-Colleges Book Sale

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Lebanon — A few slices of poundcake on a break room table, small stacks of books awaiting price tags, some half-filled cardboard boxes. By Tuesday, the warehouse serving as home base for the Five-Colleges Book Sale contained only …

Letter: Volunteers Needed for Mud Race

Saturday, April 20, 2013

To the Editor: Adrenaline Junkees is seeking volunteers for The Mountain Mucker, a 5K obstacle mud race being held at Mount Sunapee on June 1. Volunteers are needed to assist with registration, supervising obstacles, aid stations and a kids race. Part of the proceeds will be going to …

Scientists Find Why Your Brain Loves Songs

Sunday, April 14, 2013

When jazz legend John Coltrane first heard Charlie Parker play the saxophone, the music hit him “right between the eyes,” he once said. According to neuroscientists, Coltrane was exactly right. When we hear music that we like, even for the first time, a part of the brain’s reward …

Where Every Story Matters

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Sunapee — John Wilson and Melinda Flater, at first glance, don’t seem to have much in common. Wilson is a retired World War II veteran who has lived in Georges Mills with his wife for 23 years. Flater, …

Fort at No. 4 Seeks Helpers For Annual Spring Cleanup

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Charlestown — The Fort at No. 4 is looking for volunteers to help with spring cleaning, April 27 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. During the annual workday, crews put the buildings and grounds in order before the Fort opens for the season. This year’s opening date is May 10. …

Letter: Howe’s Valued Volunteers

Sunday, April 7, 2013

To the Editor: In honor of National Library Week (April 14-20) and National Volunteer Week (April 21-27), I would like to thank the many volunteers who keep Howe Library humming. Last year, 106 volunteers donated 1,391 hours and performed a variety of tasks, including preparing books for circulation, …

Volunteers from Hypertherm work last fall to prepare the bed for VINS' new accessible trail, scheduled to open in June. Photo courtesy of VINS.

Volunteer Spotlight

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Volunteers from Hypertherm work last fall to prepare the bed for a new accessible trail at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee, scheduled to open in June. VINS relies on volunteers all year, but the need …

Column: A Small Organization Adopts Big Goals

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Plainfield Our most recent college reunion served as a reminder to my classmates and myself how much more valuable we can be if we start thinking less about ourselves or, put another way, start thinking more about others. For too many years, a topic of conversation had been …

Food Recovery Network volunteers celebrate after recovering several hundred pounds of concessions and catered food from the University of Maryland's homecoming football game; the recovered food was redistributed to the needy. Illustrates FOOD-RESCUE (category d), by Jane Black, special to The Washington Post. Moved Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. (MUST CREDIT: Food Recovery Network.)

Students Major in Rescued Food

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Not to make you feel guilty, but think for a minute about what you threw out of your refrigerator in the last week: that wilted lettuce, the yogurt that had passed its expiration date, the Tupperware full of …