Leisure Volunteer Vacations
Don Walsh of Wilton travels to the Cook Islands and Ecuador for volunteer vacations. He cleans trails builds a bookcase and helps at a school or home for the handicapped. Other travelers join programs that place donors in real work rather than tours and sun. Psychology expert Dick Lockwell notes altruistic motives and personal satisfaction drive such trips.
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Marlene Lucas
Gazette
Don Walsh
Wilton
Cook Islands
Walsh
Ecuador
On the Net with Global Volunteers and Josiah Venture
A brief listing notes two service organizations, Global Volunteers and Josiah Venture, with web addresses www.globalvolunteers.org and www.josiahventure.com for international volunteer opportunities.
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Globalvolunteers.org
Josiah Venture
Josiahventure.com
Cedar Rapids group promotes city on Broadway in pajamas
A Cedar Rapids group led by Tim Boyle Amy Johnson Boyle Peggy Whitworth and Mayor Kay Halloran promote Cedar Rapids during a Broadway visit. They picketed outside Pajama Game shows handed out guides and kernels paraphernalia and appeared on national TV.
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the Gazette
New York
Cedar Rapids
Tim Boyle
Cedar Rapids Area
Amy Johnson Boyle
Kay Halloran
Peggy Whitworth
American Airlines Theatre
Johnson Boyle
Memorial Day Ties Loss and Pride for Soldiers’ Families
Rita Richardson recalls memories with her son Dan as she visits Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day. Janice Pverre, among Gold Star Mothers, will lay a wreath for Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, Medal of Honor recipient in Iraq, whose sacrifice saved others including Richardson’s son Dan Richardson, now a sergeant.
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Associated Press
Fla
Rita Richardson
Dan
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Janice Pverre
Arlington
Paul R. Smith
Baghdad
Iraq
Sgt. Smith
Dan Richardson
Peosta girl wins national contest with essay on dad's Iraq death
Kirsten Anderson a 10 year old from Peosta Iowa won a national contest with an essay about her father Maj Stuart Anderson who died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in northern Iraq on January 7 The prize includes a 500 savings bond and recognition in Washington May 11 read by Armed Services YMCA and Lockheed Martin sponsors
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Peosta
Iraq
Iowa
Kirsten Anderson
Maj
Stuart Anderson
Keely
Kirsten
Tori Anderson
Peosta Elementary School
Armed Services Ymca
Lockheed Martin
Washington
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Ed Luebe
Czech Republic
Lova
Mary Ann Gensicke
Christine Luebe
Luebe
Europe
Pajama Promotion
By Kristina Gleeson
Broadway
Jaddapi
Rockefeller Center
Hee
E. Iowa
Index Accent Arts
Iowa City
Paul & Smith
Sgt
Medal of Honor
Asymca.org
Stuart
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