Student "Smiling Sam"

The Central Dallas Ministry Work Paths program focuses on pre-employment education and training (primarily in the construction industry) for low-income individuals who may not have the skills to be self-sufficient in an occupation.  It also supports those who, for various reasons, are in a position of transition; sometimes from being homeless or even from serving some prison time. The program offers a 12-week course to low-income workers to get them ready to take the next steps toward a career so they can support their families.   Read more »

Lynn Niewald - Conducted a resume writing and interview skills workshop for a group (some ex-convicts) in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Dunia Velarde - Delivered “Trust in the Tomorrow” books, donated to a cancer support organization in La Paz, Bolivia. 

Christer Svalmark - Helped a day care center with daily routines and program in Stockholm, Sweden.

Chad Howard - Organized 28 stalls for Sherwood State School fete/carnival in Brisbane, Australia.

(Santa Cruz, Bolivia) “Mi Refugio” is a place to help women with cancer. This institution began work in 2003 and has focused in Breast Cancer Prevention.

Ana Maria Coutand (Air France Representative in Bolivia) is the Institution’s President. Their principal labor is to collect money to help the poor people receive a free breast exam and treatment. This institution has made a big difference in all women with cancer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Read more »

For Give Time Together, Travelocity on Location held its second annual “First Paw Forward” pet adoption expo on May 9, 2009 at Town Square Las Vegas.

This fun-filled afternoon was a truly rewarding experience for our employees. Our volunteers helped walk, feed, and care for some of the most adorable and lovable adoptees. Volunteers were able to form intimate bonds with the needy (and cute!) pets while providing detailed pet bios to the general public and helping facilitate in the adoption process for their four-legged friends. With the support of our 35 volunteers, The Animal Foundation of Las Vegas was able to provide homes to 16 adorable and needy pets!  Read more »

The weekend right after the earthquake there is was a team ready for an exceptional transport of water for those displaced in L’Aquila. Well and quickly organized with a mega truck for the water… then there is the idea once we were going here we could as well collect funds and send something concrete.

The Civil Protection advice that they don’t have enough things for personal hygiene and especially elderly people were missing specific things for their personal basic needs. Then there is the need for things to clean kitchens and bathrooms like brooms, rags, etc.. Read more »

(California, USA) As part of the Give Time Together effort, Ed Regan (GetThere) and Tom Schrader (Travelocity) volunteered to clean-up and weed the lovely landscape areas surrounding the popular Animal Care Center Dog Park at Ragle Ranch Regional Park in Sebastopol, CA. We spent the afternoon working in the planting areas while our two rescued Westies, Toula and Robbie, played inside the park. A good time was had by all. Our efforts were greatly appreciated by the Ragle Ranch Park officials and the Animal Care Center Dog Park board members. Read more »

On May 2nd and 3rd, 15 runners participated in the Frederick Running Festival to raise money for the orphans of Maison des Enfants de Dieu and their birth parents.  Maison des Enfants de Dieu is in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and is home to 125 children and each month must turn away an additional 80 children. Read more »

No time to go out and volunteer, we will bring it to you!

Volunteers came down to Main Street in Building A at the Sabre Southlake Campus for a variety of Do-It-Yourself Projects to help seriously ill children and their families. The volunteers crafted hand-made Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards that will be sent to the parents of the children from the Starlight Starbright Foundation. Other volunteers made birthday and get well cards that will be sent to the children on their special day or when they have to go to the hospital for treatments. Several volunteers had an assembly line going and made over 500 goody bags stuffed with candy and toys that will be given to the children and their siblings at a Starlight Starbright Carnival that will be held in the area in the very near future.

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April 21, 2008 was an exciting day for seniors at the Senior Activity Center in St Clair Shores, MI… Read more »

The Arche (Ark) is a christian charity organization in Germany (Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), who are dedicated to support children from poor families. They “care” and offer warm lunch, leisure activities, homework and school support to get those children off the streets.

http://www.kinderprojekt-arche.de/arche.htm

As I do frequently, I will collect toys and well kept clothes from my daughter and friends with children and drop them of at the Arche in Berlin.