• ADK's Story: An Education in Giving

  At Volunteers of America, the support of Alpha Delta Kappa teachers’ sorority can be seen around every corner. “They’re like a sleeper cell,” says Hope House director Rusty Barnett. “Anything we need we can call ADK and it’s here in an instant—quilts and blankets, gloves and hats, hygiene items and more.” Learn more about the difference they are making>

• Holly's Story: teen finds refuge, calling at Project Safe Place

  Having a safe place to run instead of running away can change the course of a frightened teenager’s life. How does Holly know? She is not only the Host Home coordinator at Project Safe Place in Coeur d’Alene—she was once was that desperate teenager.

• Tim's Story: Veterans' housing manager witnesses transformations through bicycling

  “When we picked-up the bicycles,” recalls Tim, “some of the vets came with us to ride their new bikes home. We immediately noticed a sense of excitement and jovialness; their anxieties seemed to melt away as they got on the bikes and start riding.” Over the next few weeks the guys rode their bikes all the time. “It was amazing,” says Jon Carollo, who directs all of Volunteers of America’s programs for veterans. “Except that we quickly realized that when a veteran ‘graduated’ and lef the house for his own apartment, his bike had to stay with the program. So, we asked the guys at both houses to come up with a solution.”
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