Students are encouraged to get involved in social practice during the holidays by being a volunteer or getting a part-time job, from which students can gain a lot more than their textbooks. Above all, social practice provides a platform for...
This holiday is the perfect time for people to let the senior citizens in their life know how much they’re appreciated and valued. It’s also a good time for people to volunteer at retirement homes. And for those who want to spread the message about this day, they can always use the...
Although Kansas governor Thomas A. Osborn pledged to provide relief to needy citizens, angry and discouraged pioneers fled Kansas by the hundreds in trains and by covered wagon. “In God we trusted; in Kansas we busted,” was a popular slogan painted on the sides of the wagons headed back ...
I do think government can also help change hearts and minds. The presidency is a bully pulpit, after all. But, by and large, I’m with Hillary Clinton. Not that Princetonians shouldn’t volunteer in Trenton. But we need tochange the laws and systems that determine how resources are allo...
I’ve been following the various social media over the last week, reading and watching various reports of how local volunteer efforts are handling disaster recovery in the mountainous areas blasted by Hurricane Helene. FEMA and various other Federal departments are helping – sort of – or hinderin...
After the shooting, she became a volunteer leader for Students Demand Action, an organization that fights for gun control legislation. "I felt that I could no longer sit back and watch as further communities were destroyed by gun violence," Mazeikis said. "And th...
Westport PAL — one of the lights’ sponsors — will have collection boxes for the toy drive they run, with the Westport Police Department. Unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the bridge, and the Bridge at Saugatuck restaurant. The restaurant will also offer half-priced wine and beer from...
Then we can start to put our personal actions in a collective context and importantly build upon them to become more active and effective global citizens each day. How many of the 100,000 people I’ve engaged with who have taken action, I can’t be sure but I do know not giving each...
These can be athletics, continuing education, volunteer services, visual art, music, writing, crafting- any such activity as will require steady concentration to end up with a product, which includes satisfaction in making someone else's life a little more improved, if only for a moment. You...
The IRS has two in-person tax assistance programs: the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE). Both offer free tax-preparation assistance to qualified individuals. VITA generally applies to you if your income is $60,000 or less, you are ...