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	<title>Whatcom Volunteer Center &#187; health</title>
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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>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>Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn &#8211; May 4th</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/dine-out-for-maple-alley-inn-may-4th/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/?p=2315</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/?p=2253</guid>
		<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>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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