Volunteers and Community Service

December 1, 2023

Behind the Scenes With Volunteer Crews at the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival

When humans first soared in the air, it was not aboard an airplane. It was in a hot air balloon, in 1783 — 120 years before […]
May 30, 2021

Ways to Improve the Planet After Covid

As the pandemic and lockdowns dragged on and on over the past year, many people longed only for the day when the world would return to […]
January 17, 2021

How to Commemorate Martin Luther King's Legacy in 2021

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October 12, 2020

Young People Are Stepping Up to Be Poll Workers

WASHINGTON — During the Wisconsin primary in April, Jacob Major, a high school student, noticed how the line for one of Milwaukee’s five polling locations dragged […]
March 25, 2020

An Army of Sewers, Making Masks for America

They are scrounging for fabric, cutting it up, stitching it together. They are repurposing drapes, dresses, bra straps, shower curtains, even coffee filters. They are building […]
December 22, 2019

Lights. Camera. Senior Center?

CULVER CITY, Calif. — A speeding Ford Fiesta passed the Sony Pictures gate and swerved into a parking lot across the street. It was 1:07 p.m. […]
November 30, 2019

The Suburbs Are Kicking the Animals Out. Enter the Animal Rescue Squad.

ATLANTA — In a small suburban park on a muggy morning a few months ago, a woman in elbow-length gloves was armed with a net, a […]