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		<title>A growing opportunity in the community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that taking a position at Whatcom Volunteer Center as the Outreach Coordinator would result in funky tan lines, calloused hands and a black and blue fingernail. While my hands may be less than aesthetically pleasing at the moment, I smile every time I think of the project responsible. For the last two months, [...]]]></description>
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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>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>Lessons from a Year at WVC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/?p=2621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is farewell and a big, giant, virtual hug to thank you.
For one year, I have been an Americorps VISTA for Whatcom Volunteer Center, and this is my last week. I can&#8217;t believe I squeezed it all into one year: Human Race, Make A Difference Day, Heart and Hands, Project Homeless Connect, thousands of emails, hundreds [...]]]></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>Who is the face of homelessness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the House 2 Home Network* customer opened her apartment door, I couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.
You see, even though I work with people who are homeless every day, I am still struggling to rid myself of the stereotype that homelessness equals unkempt older men holding signs near freeway off-ramps.
So when the H2H [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofit to Know #4: Assistance League</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/nonprofit-to-know-4-assistance-league/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/nonprofit-to-know-4-assistance-league/#comments</comments>
		<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 #3: Communities In Schools</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/nonprofits-to-know-3-communities-in-schools/#comments</comments>
		<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>How Butterfly Wings Change the World</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/changing-the-world-by-laura-draper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/changing-the-world-by-laura-draper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Laura Draper, Human Services student at Western Washington University &#38; Chore Program intern
When I first went into the human services program at Western Washington University, we were asked, “Why do you want to become a human services professional?” My answer then, and my answer now, has been, “I want to change the world.” [...]]]></description>
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