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Arab News
8 hours ago
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- Arab News
Taif Municipality launches tree-planting initiative
RIYADH: Taif Municipality launched the 'Neighborhood Friends' initiative to establish a volunteer team to plant trees around housing units in the Taif governorate and identify the needs of occupants, the Saudi Press Agency reported. According to SPA, the initiative aims to enhance communication with beneficiaries of developmental housing, identify the units' issues, engage volunteers in tree planting, activate professional volunteering, encourage individual participation, and acknowledge the importance of social responsibility in serving the community. Engineers and specialists are also involved in this project. The mayor of Taif, Abdullah bin Khamis Al-Zaidi, affirmed that the municipality will help everyone meet the development needs of their neighborhoods. He also pointed out that this initiative is a pivotal intersection between community engagement and urban development, as it represents a collaborative process in which residents and other stakeholders work together to create a shared vision for their neighborhood's future.
CTV News
a day ago
- General
- CTV News
United Way hosts annual ‘Day of Caring'
London Watch Over 400 people volunteered their time and labour to various charities across the region, CTV London's Lauren Stallone reports.
CNA
a day ago
- Business
- CNA
New volunteering scheme for companies allows for greater flexibility
There is a new volunteering scheme for companies big or small looking to kickstart their giving journey, by allowing for greater flexibility in volunteering hours. It is part of a wider effort to build a greater sense of community, as Singapore marks 60 years of nation-building. Chloe Teo reports.
CTV News
a day ago
- General
- CTV News
Ottawa man honoured for volunteer work with LGBTQ2S+ refugees
Ottawa Watch Yves Brunet has been volunteering with the Capital Rainbow Refuge for more than 10 years. This week, he was surprised with a United Way Community Builder Award.
New York Times
a day ago
- General
- New York Times
The Things College Students Leave Behind
To the Editor: Re 'As College Students Move Out, Scavengers Get Ready to Cash In' (front page, June 9): The person who searched the trash room of her apartment building to find tons of treasures thrown out by Duke University students at the end of the semester says, 'It feels wrong for this much stuff to have been thrown out.' Considering that she estimates the goods to have originally retailed for $6,600 in total, she and her friends think they should put together a business plan: 'I do think there's a lot of money to be made.' I have a better idea: As they prepare to leave for the summer, why don't college students themselves band together into a volunteer unit to collect and distribute the goods to charities that help the homeless and other people in need? High school students have clocked so many volunteer hours pumping up their résumés to get into the college of their choice. It shouldn't stop once they enroll or graduate. Cathy BernardNew York To the Editor: 'As College Students Move Out, Scavengers Get Ready to Cash In' really resonated with me. For almost 40 years my wife and I owned six houses in Providence that had 15 apartments that we rented mostly to students at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
