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By David J. Hudson

Generation Y's passion to volunteer is shown in the most trying of times during ongoing war. Many volunteer in the US armed forces. Amazing during our current global disapproval of the Middle Eastern conflicts, many still continue to choose this form of giving.

My life is forfeit, With signing this letter. Me, becomes insignificant considered against soceity. My orders are here, report for duty. Happiness garnered will have to do until, My job is complete. Heat, cold, comfort inconsequential, The mission takes precedent to all th …

I had an appointment at the local DPSS office, I needed some help. Do they even realize what it takes for someone like me to swallow his pride and for ask for help. I ask but I will not beg, I rather sale my ass at the corner then do that.

Source: Indiana Gazette

Could your yarn stash qualify you as a hoarder? Are you tired of laboring over fiber projects for folks who don't appreciate your talents? Are you hungry for new expressions for your creativity? This article contains some fantastic suggestions.

A few accomplishments from just bunches of kids. Every once in a while I like to try to find stories like these, they kind of reaffirm for me a little bit of hope that not all kids are slaves to their play stations!

Source: fla-keys.com

Loggerhead turtles hatch last night with the help of volunteers leading them to the ocean in Big Pine Key, Florida. Some nests were late in hatching, raising concerns among some folks. But the turtles came thru!

Now, the volunteer FF will be able to get some of what they spend on PPE (Personal Protective Ensemble) which cost me roughly $1500 for just the turnouts and then add the SCBA, forcible entry tools, etc. It adds up very quickly.

Source: IBD

Veteran reporter, author and commentator Bernard Goldberg reports that when CBS News did its fake National Guard story on George W. Bush avoiding service in Vietnam, it knew it was a lie.

Source: The New York Times

HOUSTON — A soldier at Fort Hood who fought his deployment to Afghanistan and stopped obeying orders was sentenced to a month in jail and demoted to private in a military court on Wednesday morning.

I subscribe to a newsletter from Tasting Table (http://www.tastingtable.com) and I want to share something that I received last week regarding Hillside Produce Cooperative (http://hillsideproducecooperative.org/).

Source: Wall Street Journal

So long as our nation produces families like the Krissoffs, America will remain not only the greatest nation on earth, but also the most noble in history.

Source: msnbc.com

An apologetic volunteer, not a thief, was to blame for the disappearance of the $400 crown, which turned up late Friday afternoon at a Reno alteration shop.

Source: Independent.co.uk

There can be few more potent symbols of the new caring age in which we are supposed to be living, post-credit crunch, than that of the man who voluntarily gave up one of his organs so that a perfect stranger might live.

Source: YouTube

Get a load of this.... Michelle Obama makes a speech about community service that all Americans should get involved in. Today marks "United We Serve" the administrations nationwide summer of service intuitive. You can go to www.serve.gov to get started she said and share ideas.