Salah Foundation Awards Grant to Enhance 2-1-1 Broward Helpline Counselor’s Workspace & Agency Programs
Salah Foundation awarded a generous grant designated for general operating funds to support 2-1-1 Broward’s technology improvements and staffing needs. Upon a recent visit to 2-1-1 Broward’s call center, George Taylor, Salah Foundation board member, noticed that the helpline counselors had small computer screens, older chairs and did not have headsets to use while taking [...]
National Volunteer Week: Broward County Library Needs You!
National Volunteer Week is approaching (April 21-27), the perfect time to consider giving back and becoming a library volunteer. Broward County Library relies on volunteers to deliver an array of programs and services, from teaching computer classes to shelving books. How can you give back? Teens and adults are invited to donate their time and [...]
Volunteers needed to help in Coral Springs Waterway Cleanup
The 36th Annual Broward Waterway Cleanup will take place in Coral Springs at Riverside Park, 205 Coral Ridge Drive, on Saturday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For the past 17 years, Coral Springs has participated in the county-wide effort, drawing out more than 450 volunteers last year. Participants will help search the City’s [...]
Miami-Dade Libraries looking for volunteer tutors
MIAMI –(FEBRUARY 14, 2013) – The Miami-Dade Public Library System is seeking volunteer tutors for Project L.E.A.D. (Literacy for Every Adult in Dade) – a free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring program to assist adults with basic reading and writing skills. Tutors should be compassionate, flexible, possess good reading skills and be willing to commit to the [...]
HandsOn Broward Volunteers Honor Dr. King through Service
On Saturday, January 19th, over 350 slightly soggy volunteers came out to Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School to brave the rain and celebrate MLK Day by giving back to their community. Volunteers were greeted with hot coffee and baked goods in the school’s auditorium, where a presentation was given about Dr. King’s message of [...]
Hundreds of volunteers to march in MLK Jr. parade
(MIAMI, January 16, 2013) –In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(MLK) and his legacy of service, the Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department (MDPROS), the Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade, AARP, Service For Peace Miami Office, Florida International University’s Center for Leadership and Service, and the Miami Dade College Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy, [...]
Angel’s Pediatric Christmas Caravan Delivers Dinner Hope and Love to Children’s Hospitals
The spirit of the holiday season was in full force on Tuesday as the Angel’s Pediatric Christmas Caravan made its way through Broward County and Miami/Dade spreading love, gifts and delicious food to dozens of cardiac families and the cardiac medical staff who cares for the children. This is an annual tradition that has been [...]
Deerfield Beach sends truckload of supplies to Breezy Point, NY
The City of Deerfield Beach, in partnership with the Deerfield Beach Kiwanis Club, the Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue loaded up a truck full of hurricane relief supplies that is now heading for Queens, NY. Operation Shoe Box was the brainchild of Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland. Much-needed personal relief supplies have [...]
Haulover Dog Park Planting Of New Trees Donated By Stella McCartney And BioPlanet USA
(MIAMI) — On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at Haulover Park, 10800 Collins Ave., Miami, the Miami-Dade County Community Image Advisory Board (part of the Miami-Dade County Parks Recreation and Open Spaces Department) and BioPlanet USA, a local non-profit global reforestation organization are honored to receive 32 native trees to be planted by [...]
Never Too Early To Get Year End Tax Deductions
Whether it is unwanted Christmas gifts or tons of clutter, your household items and used clothes have tremendous value when donated to a local Salvation Army Family Store, by or before Monday, December 31, 2012. Drop-off donations of clothing, electronics, used furniture and appliances are being accepted by all Salvation Army Family Stores in Miami/Dade. [...]
