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	<title>Whatcom Volunteer Center &#187; fundraising</title>
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		<title>Another successful Human Race!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 4 p.m. on Friday, June 11 we discovered that our 10K route for the Human Race was being torn up by construction. This is not the kind of news you want to find out the day before a huge event. Not only are there hundreds of race participants, but we spent months tirelessly organizing [...]]]></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>April 2010 Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read our newsletter as a downloadable PDF or continue on for the web version the following newsletter articles:

&#8220;This Was the Best Idea Ever&#8221;
We Thank You, Volunteers
The Volunteer Pool is changing &#8211; Sharon Robinson retires after 18 years
VISTA Power!
Time to Join THE HUMAN RACE Again


&#8220;This Was the Best Idea Ever&#8221;
By Daniel Hammill, Program Director
If you were [...]]]></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>WVC board member accepts $5,000 grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noel Paus, a Whatcom Volunteer Center board member, recently received a $5,000 grant on behalf of WVC from the Lummi Nation.
 
A huge thank you to the Lummi Nation from all of us at the Volunteer Center!
 
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		<title>Enjoy an Evening at the Theatre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randi</dc:creator>
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		<title>A PUZZLING DILEMMA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a nonprofit agency gives a service for free, many people don’t understand that the reason they get that free service is because someone else donated money so that agency could continue operating in the community.
 It puzzles me how to get people to commit to helping our agency by donating dollars or participating in [...]]]></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>Can&#8217;t find a job? Volunteer!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/cant-find-a-job-volunteer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/cant-find-a-job-volunteer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Allison Graham, Western Washington University Communications 318 student
Recessions are not fun. They are not fun for the millions of unemployed adults with families to take care of, not fun for people suffering massive pay cuts, not fun for small businesses, and especially not fun for the non-profit sector. When people in the community are [...]]]></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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