Riverview Gardens Plants Seeds of Change through Job Training Program

   Do you enjoy working in the garden, or on a farm? If so, Riverview Gardens may be the perfect volunteer opportunity for you. They always are looking for community volunteers to help with a variety of tasks, including seeding, watering, transplanting, harvesting, cleaning and packaging produce. Riverview Gardens, at 242 W. Seymour St., is […]

Celebrating Local Youth: The 2019 Youth Alliance Awards

Volunteer Fox Cities presented the 26th Annual Youth Alliance Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley. The Fox Cities Youth Alliance Awards seek to recognize the spirit of volunteerism as found in the future leaders of our community and encourage young people and adults to take hold of that same spirit in their own lives. 

Volunteering Helped Freedom Woman Navigate her Life

Dee Spiegel used to be a shy person, but volunteering through the years changed that. “Now I’m singing karaoke,” she said, smiling. She and her husband, Harlin, lived in Freedom for more than 59 years. After he had a stroke in 2003, she cared for him for 15 years. During that time she continued volunteering, […]