National Volunteer Week: Ortega works to engage youth in service
On Wednesday, Clara Ortega and a group of over 20 young volunteers gathered at Loaves and Fishes to prepare a healthy meal which they served to 97 people.
National Volunteer Week: Teriah Brown gets started with Girl Scouts
Among Lowndes County’s newest crop of volunteers is 7-year-old Teriah Hamilton.
National Volunteer Week: Brown seeks to improve others, self through volunteering
Editor’s note: Each day this week the Dispatch will profile a community volunteer as part of National Volunteer Week. National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, is
National Volunteer Week: For Uwusu, volunteer work has mutual benefits
Like a lot of 17-year-olds, Johanna Jones Uwusu isn’t entirely sure what she’ll ultimately do for a living.
National Volunteer Week: Verdell impacts community with small, large projects
Inspiration for community service projects can come out of nowhere. For Columbus High School senior Jessica Verdell, a magazine article inspired her to provide prom dresses to area girls unable to afford such an amenity.