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		<title>Have your awards event and eat ice cream too!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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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>Nonprofit to Know #4: Assistance League</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, shopping can support children, domestic violence victims and senior citizens!
Have &#8220;no idea&#8221; what Assistance League is? It&#8217;s okay, Zach, Max, Steven and Brad of Western Washington University didn&#8217;t either&#8230;until one fateful day when they volunteered there to fulfill a class requirement and walked away with much more than class credit.
Assitance League is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits to Know #2: Northwest Youth Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amongst all the conversations about health care, social security and voting for school funding, at the heart of what we are discussing is the legacy we are leaving for today&#8217;s youth. In the spirit of creating opportunity for youth locally, we have Northwest Youth Services (NWYS), whose heart and energy is completely invested in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do You Want to Volunteer at Project Homeless Connect?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[100 people sitting in a room, facing a projector screen, and still we decide to go around the room and introduce every person, one-by-one. A sigh and a passing thought of how much time this is going to take, until the comments people have are so riveting, the time flies and I want more.
For Project Homeless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second annual Project Homeless Connect works to end homelessness in Whatcom County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bellingham, Wash – On March 4, 2010, more than 600 people in Whatcom County will receive free, confidential services, including dental care, medical exams, vision screening, women’s health care, information on veteran benefits, housing assistance, and much more. Project Homeless Connect will be held in downtown Bellingham, at the Depot Market Square, The Majestic, Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December Meaningful Giving Event for Non-Profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a tough year for many in our community and the needs of our area residents have grown substantially. Nonprofits provide the safety net, but they&#8217;ve been hit hard as well. Over 700 Whatcom County Realtors are answering the call to help,and partnering with Whatcom Volunteer Center, Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities, Bellingham/Whatcom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping People in Need Warm &#8211; Making a Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a GREAT  event for Project Warm-Up!  With the help of the Explorer’s Club and volunteer Neelam  Sharma, Linda Scott and I filled the orders from  the Partner Agencies.  It was a FLURRY of activity with 13 girls sorting,  bagging and tagging over 2,300 items!
The girls had such a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Volunteer at Lydia Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kristen Kuusela
I&#8217;ve been a volunteer at Lydia Place since September 2008. The Whatcom Volunteer Center had given me a list of organizations that needed help. It was a long list, with Lydia Place being near the top of page nine. As a thrift store shopper, I had been to Wise Buys many times. I knew the proceeds [...]]]></description>
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