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Make A Difference Day
  1. Danza speaking at the 2013 Make A Difference Day Annual Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2013.

    Grassroots volunteers receive national awards in Washington, D.C.

    • Apr. 26, 2013

    Many of the nation’s top volunteers and community leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., Thursday for the 2013 Make A Difference Day Awards Luncheon, where 14 outstanding service groups, from all around the country, received $10,000 to donate to their local charities.

  1. On Make a Difference Day in 2012 in Cranston, R.I.,, Nick Lowinger with the help of 78 volunteers provided shoes to 496 kids in six states through a nonprofit he started called 'Gotta Have Sole.'

    Change the world, little by little

    • Apr. 18, 2013

  2. 2013 Make A Difference Day Award Honorees

    • Apr. 18, 2013

    Meet this year's volunteer honorees!

  1. 2013 Make A Difference Day Honorable Mentions May 2, 2013
  2. Vote for your favorite volunteer All-Star Feb. 28, 2013
  3. Official Rules: Voting for the All-Star Award Feb. 21, 2013
  4. Meet our volunteer All-Stars Feb. 21, 2013
  1. All-Star: Larimer County, Colo. Feb. 21, 2013
  2. All-Star: The town of Westport, Conn. Feb. 21, 2013
  3. All-Star: Melbourne (Fla.) Central Catholic High and St. Joseph Catholic School, Palm Bay, Fla. Feb. 21, 2013
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    Neha Gupta distributed toys and created a computer lab at Philadelphia’s St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children to connect bored, lonely kids to the outside world. Jack Roth, a 3-year-old severely burned in a campfire accident, received one of the toys.

    All-Star: Neha Gupta, Yardley, Pa.

    In her first year of participation, Neha, 16, won an award for creating a library at a needy Philadelphia school.

    • Feb. 21, 2013
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    In Allen, Texas, Nicholas Cobb (left), recruited volunteers and $800 worth of donated Home Depot supplies to rejuvenate the home of local senior citizen.

    All-Star: Nicholas Cobb, Allen, Texas.

    For his fifth Make A Difference Day, Nicholas Cobb, 16, and a dozen VFW and National Honor Society volunteers swooped in with $800 worth of donated Home Depot supplies to spruce up the home of Claudette Allen, 68.

    • Feb. 21, 2013
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    Volunteers K.C Wassman (left) and Allison Punch fill holes in a fence before staining in as part of Make A Difference Day at the ACCA Child Development Center in Annandale, VA, Saturday, October 27, 2012. Toby Jorrin

    Make A Difference Day: Thanks to the millions who volunteered!

    USA WEEKEND's 22nd Make A Difference Day made its mark as millions came together in the nation's largest day of service.

    • Nov. 15, 2012
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    Volunteer Bill Behan works on removing the roof of a shade structure before replacing it with a new one as part of Make a Difference Day at the ACCA Child Development Center in Annandale, VA, Saturday, October 27, 2012. Toby Joorin

    Millions pull together on Make A Difference Day

    The largest annual day of giving, made its mark on America today, with an estimated three-million volunteers participating across the country. PLUS! Photo gallery: MDDAY across the country

    • Oct. 27, 2012
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    Rebecca Lightsey, Vivian Johnson, Samantha Merritt, and Brian Hellman build watering system for the community garden at HomeStretch Robbin Steed

    Gannett shows it cares in 100 communities

    Gannett Co. Inc., parent company of the day’s creator, USA WEEKEND Magazine, mobilized employees in 100 communities it serves from Guam to California to its headquarters in Virginia.

    • Oct. 27, 2012
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    Matt Lauer of the Today show. NBC

    Matt Lauer: A chance to change lives

    "Good people aren’t just consumers, they’re givers."

    • Oct. 18, 2012
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    Doing home repairs in Denver. Bill Ross / AP Images for Rebuilding Together

    Helping hands across the country

    See what communities, colleges and corporations did to join the action for the 22nd annual Make A Difference Day, the nation's largest day of volunteering, and take part.

    • Oct. 19, 2012
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    Chelsea Clinton Peter Kramer / NBC

    Chelsea Clinton: Who inspires you?

    Giving back began with two motivating forces in her life.

    • Oct. 11, 2012
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    Chuck Todd NBC News

    Chuck Todd: Republican or Democrat, you can help

    "Wipe away a stereotype or two" by donating your time.

    • Oct. 4, 2012
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    NBC's Today Show's Hoda Kotb NBC

    NBC's Today Show's Hoda Kotb: 'Someone needs you'

    I've spent a lot of my career covering difficult stories — poverty-stricken neighborhoods, murders, strapped school systems. It's given me a real soft spot for inner-city kids, some of whom are trapped just by accident of birth.

    • Sep. 27, 2012
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    Find a project or register yours here.

    Register your MDDay project

    Find a project in your community or enter yours and join the fun on Oct. 27!

    • Sep. 24, 2012
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    Rehema Ellis NBC News

    Rehema Ellis: Change someone's life

    As an education reporter, the stories I tell about the state of American schools can sometimes be grim. But at NBC, we don't just tell people we've got problems. We always tell people that there are solutions.

    • Sep. 13, 2012
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