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	<title>Whatcom Volunteer Center &#187; environment</title>
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		<title>HAVING A BLAST IN THE PAST</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/having-a-blast-in-the-past/</link>
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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>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>How to Help Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/how-to-help-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/how-to-help-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A message from Nicola Goren, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service
As we are all too aware, on Tuesday  Haiti experienced an earthquake that  caused devastation beyond what words and photos can convey.  There is tremendous  loss of life, catastrophic damage to most buildings affecting a third of the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Day On</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been declared as &#8220;a day on, not a day off.&#8221; Be a part of the movement.
See volunteer opportunities below for MLK Jr. week.
MLK Jr. Conference
Saturday, January 16
Whatcom Human Rights Task Force has 3 volunteer opprtuniites at their annual conference.
1. Set out bagels in the morning 9-10am.
2. Help out at lunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holidays: Caring vs. Commercialism?</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/holidays-caring-vs-commercialism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/holidays-caring-vs-commercialism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hear complaints that the holiday season has been commercialized and transformed into an obligation to give meaningless gifts to strangers and family members that only hear from you once a year.
At Whatcom Volunteer Center, we have the privilige of hearing about the holiday spirit on a daily basis: fundraisers, donations and volunteering that happens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Win-Win Situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by a Whatcom Community College Student
An opportunity to volunteer in the Whatcom community AND earn extra credit &#8211; win win!
In order to participate, I signed up online (1-800-volunteer.org) for one of the few stations that still had volunteer openings, the Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Here, by Nugent&#8217;s Corner, the 15 or so volunteers and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network and Event Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/network-and-event-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/network-and-event-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing opportunity to meet lots of people.
RE Sources for Sustainable Communities needs an Event Helper for &#8220;Green Drinks&#8221; on Wednesday, December 2.
Prepare room, set up food and drinks, pour, clean up dishes. Get a beverage for your services (21+ only please).
Contact: Megan Arntz at 360-733-8307 or megana@re-sources.org
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		<title>Alcoa = A Lot of Caring and Outstanding Action</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/alcoa-a-lot-of-caring-and-outstanding-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/alcoa-a-lot-of-caring-and-outstanding-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/?p=1720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcoa&#8217;s monthly &#8220;Day of Caring&#8221; is an incredible example of how corporations can have impactful investments in their community while bonding as a group at a volunteer opportunity.
Recently, Alco Intalco Plant had a presentation on their volunteer experiences, ten in total! Entertaining descriptions to follow: 
1. Several employees, running on the sugar energy from 24 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December Meaningful Giving Event for Non-Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/december-meaningful-giving-event-for-non-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/december-meaningful-giving-event-for-non-profits/#comments</comments>
		<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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