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		<title>Serving on the Senior Police Force is Fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s an interesting and fun job where you will see a lot of different things.  I especially like the public appreciation we get when writing tickets for disabled parking violations.  People will come up to us and thank us right as we are doing it!]]></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>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>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>All Volunteers are Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While watching the news coverage in anticipation of the start of the Winter Olympics, I suddenly realized how many volunteers it must take to put on an event of that magnitude. Being in the “volunteer business,” I don’t know why that was the first time I’d thought of that, but the realization just kind of [...]]]></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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		<title>Second annual Project Homeless Connect works to end homelessness in Whatcom County</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/second-annual-project-homeless-connect-works-to-end-homelessness-in-whatcom-county/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<link>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/martin-luther-king-jr-day-a-day-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatcomvolunteer.org/martin-luther-king-jr-day-a-day-on/#comments</comments>
		<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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