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    May 3, 2013
    Ervin Wegscheid is a regular volunteer at the In Their Own Words Veterans Museum, as a tour guide and greeter. He is also active in the Dent American Legion, Perham VFW Color Guard and as a volunteer at Perham Health. Marie Nitke/FOCUS
    Presenting the past: Former serviceman honors the military through volunteerism
    Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of feature stories on local volunteers and volunteer opportunities. The series kicked off the...
    community/peopleMay 3, 2013 - 1:17pm
    LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Today's youth: Burden, or resource?
    As a society, do we view children as a burden or a resource? Unfortunately, I believe we too often, see them as the former. Don't get me wrong. We like them and they are nice to have around but you can't deny it, they ARE expensive. My goodness, if we didn't have to educate them,...
    newsApril 3, 2009 - 7:00am
    April 2, 2009
    An army of volunteers from New York Mills High School walk to position on a sandbagging line in Moorhead while helping with the flood fight last week. Below, the crew of volunteers gathers outside the district office entrance for a group photo.
    Mills students impressive in volunteer effort
    (Editor's note: The following article is a first-hand account written by Pam Robinson documenting a day sandbagging with New York Mills High...
    newsApril 2, 2009 - 7:00am
    April 1, 2009
    The Salvation Army Disaster Services rig, Unit 314, paused by this view of the swollen Red River--in a residential neighborhood of Moorhead. Note the stop sign, in the middle of a pond. Louis Hoglund, publisher-editor of the Perham Enterprise Bulletin, worked with a Salvation Army volunteer crew--feeding flood-fighters in Moorhead.
    COLUMN: Salvation Army rocks!
    During the flood battle of 2009, an email was circulating around cyberspace. It was from a teenager who volunteered with a sandbag brigade in...
    newsApril 1, 2009 - 4:00am
    March 26, 2009
    Volunteer buses to Moorhead scheduled this evening
    Volunteer buses to Moorhead for flood relief work will resume tonight. Buses will leave the Frazee Event Center at 5:00 p.m. and the Detroit Lakes Police Department parking lot at 5:30 p.m. Return buses will leave Moorhead to return home at 9:30 p.m. at the latest. Stops on the...
    newsMarch 26, 2009 - 2:17pm
    March 18, 2009
    One of the staff of the "Feed My Starving Children" hunger relief organization briefs 300-some Perham area volunteers prior to one of the food-packing shifts at the Perham Area Community Center. There were six shifts over the course of the two-day project--involving an estimated 3,200 volunteers from the area.
    Volunteer army amassed in Perham...to feed the masses
    "...Chicken, veggies, soy, rice..." "...Chicken, veggies, soy, rice..." "...Chicken, veggies, soy, rice..." "...Chicken, veggies, soy, rice..." Try...
    newsMarch 18, 2009 - 1:10pm
    February 26, 2009
    Patriotic quilters, pageant leader, 'music man' earn Perham Leadership, Hall of Fame honors for 2009
    Patriotic quilters, a highly regarded music man and a tireless volunteer will be honored April 2 at the annual Perham Hall of Fame and Leadership Award banquet.
    newsFebruary 26, 2009 - 11:49am
    October 29, 2008
    Middle school students show volunteer spirit
    Prairie Wind Middle School students helped one of their own, and the broader community, with two separate projects this fall. The PWMS Student Council and staff collected donations of more than $200 for Cody Jacobson and his family. The family lost virtually everything in a September...
    newsOctober 29, 2008 - 12:00am
    September 24, 2008
    Turtle Fest '09 preparations underway
    Preparations are underway for the 25th Anniversary Turtle Fest celebration - which will be held Wednesday, June 17 through Sunday, June 21, 2009. The volunteer committee is searching for people to help out, especially in the following areas: *Fundraising *Advertising & Promotion *Entertainment/Music...
    newsSeptember 24, 2008 - 12:00am
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