More than just a free meal
After four months of running the “More than a Meal” program that serves a hot dinner to the area’s needy, the volunteer organization formed four committees during a meeting Monday night that include public relations, fund raising, picking up donations and a building committee. (January 18, 2011, Page 1)
NMRC clients volunteer all over town
OXFORD LIVING — Being a volunteer takes on special meaning for 20 North Mississippi Regional Center clients. As part of a program that began in 2005, the clients with a variety of developmental disabilities work at numerous volunteer stations throughout Oxford to help make an impact on the community. The volunteers are involved throughout 28 different organizations in the community. (March 12, 2010, Page 1B)
It’s story time
Going beyond the idea of one-time guest readers, first-grade teacher Lillie Fay Young has recruited a cadre of regulars who each get to share story time with her students every other week. The program’s climax: At the end of the year, the adult readers gather as the children take a turn reading to them. (January 29, 2010, Page 1B)
