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		<title>HAVING A BLAST IN THE PAST</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatcom Volunteer Center needs people like you to volunteer to cover one or more four hour shifts on Friday, Saturday or Sunday &#38; holidays through Labor Day. ]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers Bloom This Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy&#8217;d the sun,
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done&#8230;&#8221;
&#8211; Matthew Arnold
Live, think, do with some of these spring opportunities:
Plant Seeds for the Future
Do you love gardening?
Join a brand new program in collaboration with Bellingham Food Bank and Whatcom Volunteer Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn &#8211; May 4th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eat out &#38; help to feed people in need; click here for a list of participating restaurants.
The Opportunity Council is having its 10th Annual &#8220;Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn&#8221; fund raising event on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010.
&#8220;Dine Out&#8221; is a one-day event when we encourage people to go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofit to Know #5: Bikers Fighting Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ray and Patrick, an unlikely pair both personally battling Cancer. Ray, an 11 year old boy, told his friend Patrick (49 years old) that he wanted to belong to a biker club when he got older. Together, they designed patch with a logo crossing out the grim reaper, came up with a motto, and created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Warm-Up Warming Hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many hours would it take you to knit or crochet more than 3,200 pieces of warm items?
3,296 scarves, hats, blankets, mittens to be exact: this is a result of piles and piles of yarn in our entranceway, monthly knitting circles all year long, people coming in and out of our office taking yarn and bringing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits to Know #3: Communities In Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One in three kids in Whatcom County will fail to graduate from high school.  I hope you agree with me that even one high school dropout is a real problem: one we can solve together.
My Name is Dennis  D&#8217;Amelio and I work with Communities In Schools of Whatcom County.  I am writing this personal note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s All the Buzz About!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WVC offices have been abuzz with activity for the past few weeks&#8211;Project Homeless Connect is this Thursday; we’re getting the word out about the free CPR/First aid Training on March 20, our Theatre Guild fundraiser happening April 8, the Heart and Hands volunteer awards event coming up the last Sunday in April and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferndale Food Bank Director Retires &#8211; Thanks Sharon!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/ferndale-food-bank-director-retires-thanks-sharon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“My many years with the Food Bank have been an amazing journey filled with laughter, tears, faith &#38; hope.  I have seen progression from our use of a small facility at the United Church to our own much larger building at the WTA Park &#38; Ride location.  Yet, we continue to grow, and our hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Max Higbee Center “Friendraiser”</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/max-higbee-center-%e2%80%9cfriendrasier%e2%80%9d-by-laura-draper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/max-higbee-center-%e2%80%9cfriendrasier%e2%80%9d-by-laura-draper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By: Laura Draper
About two weeks ago I volunteered with the Max Higbee Center for a “friendraiser” as they like to call them. I have had a growing interest in working with individuals with developmental disabilities, and this was a great opportunity. Initially I felt overwhelmed, not sure how to interact with the individuals, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits to Know #1: Bellingham Books to Prisoners</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/nonprofits-to-know-1-bellingham-books-to-prisoners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bellingham Books to Prisoners, a pretty self-explanatory name for the nonprofit, but take a look behind the scenes and the mission goes much deeper. What it means? It is the power to provide someone with a simple item, a book, that can make a powerful and positive difference in that person&#8217;s life.
Check out the video [...]]]></description>
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