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National Awards

for the 7th annual Make A Difference Day, Oct. 25, 1997

Albany, Ga.

"What else can I do?" 6,000 volunteers plant, repair, test, collect and more.

National Award to 6,000 people in Albany, Ga., who did 175 projects. Here, teacher Catherine Whitfield helps Banisha and Malicah Carter plant flowers at school.

Question: How much can how many accomplish on one Make A Difference Day?

Answer: In Albany and 12 nearby communities, at least 6,000 people volunteered 26,734 hours to tackle no fewer than 175 activities, say local Make A Difference Day organizers.

First, golf's Nancy Lopez and baseball's Ray Knight kicked off the day. Then, businesses gave 20 welfare recipients specific job information. Nearly 50 volunteers from St. Paul's Episcopal Church washed windows and scrubbed stoves to brighten an HIV/AIDS shelter. And chainsaws roared in a flood-damaged park.

The Albany Herald newspaper promoted the event months in advance, mobilizing readers. Says Editor Kay Read: "We wanted to use our resources for the good of the community."

$2,000 award will benefit Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach Center, Albany, Ga., and Swamp Gravy, Colquitt Miller Arts Council, Colquitt, Ga.

Photo Credit: WALT PETRUSKA, ALBANY HERALD


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Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day is held in partnership with HandsOn Network and is supported by the Newman's Own, which will provides $10,000 donations to charities selected by of each of 10 national honorees. The 18th Make A Difference Day is Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

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