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Volunteers from Georgia, Arkansas, South Dakota, Missouri and Texas pushed up walls at the new home of NYPD Officer Charlie and Gina Sadler.

Last weekend, volunteers from all over the country came to Long Beach, the Rockaways and Staten Island, to rebuild the Sandy-damaged homes of New York’s finest and bravest. New York Says Thank … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 9/12/13

Finding beauty beyond America's borders

Squads of muscled police officers in slate-colored jumpsuits crowded together on the sidewalk as we made our way up Stamboliiski Boulevard in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 23, two days after we touched down in the country’s capital. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/10/13

Project 11561 founders Jackie Wilkinson, left, Heather O'Grady, Jessie Farrell, and Allison Kallelis, front took a break from loading the truck

Backpacks of Hope

Kids in Moore, Okla., the Midwest town recently ravaged by a twister, received a gift of hope from Long Beach this week. Project 11561, a local group of volunteers, sent backpacks filled with … more

6/6/13

Adam Halpern was among the many volunteers painting a mural.

Volunteers rebuild Magnolia Park

Last Saturday, the City of Long Beach, KaBOOM!, JetBlue Airways and Surf for All teamed up to rebuild Magnolia Playground, which was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. Hundreds of volunteers, both … more

5/23/13

Thank a volunteer — or, even better, become one

Every community needs police officers, teachers, sanitation workers and elected leaders. But every community also needs volunteers, the people whose contributions mean so much yet so often go unnoticed. more

4/25/13

Chelsea Croker tread carefully across what is left of the floor.

Volunteers help post-Sandy recovery

While their friends were at the beach, enjoying the warm weather, a group of teens from South Carolina were working on top of a roof on East Pine Street. A youth group from Mt. Horeb United … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 4/11/13

Long Island Volunteer Center seeks help

There has been a lot of progress made in the rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island in late October, but there is still work to be done. The Long Island Volunteer Center is in need of volunteers to help those impacted by the storm. more

12/21/12

Healing the gaping wound that Sandy left

The eight students and one teacher shuffled into the center of what was left of the dining room of a red-brick ranch home on a canal in Long Beach’s East End last Friday. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/20/12

Seventeen Calhoun High School students and three of their teachers took a trip to Long Beach last Friday to help homeowners rebuild houses that were destroyed in Hurricane Sandy.

Calhoun students aid in Sandy relief effort

When the 26 students in Calhoun High School’s leadership class were batting around ideas for a community service project in November, they didn’t debate their cause –– they wanted to do something, anything, to aid those whose homes had been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. And when they went looking for possible projects, they thought immediately of Long Beach, which took the brunt of the storm, suffering an estimated $250 million in damage. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/19/12

In the case of love and power, history repeats itself

The stunning fall from grace of CIA Director David Petraeus surprised me, in a day and age when nothing surprises me. more

11/23/12

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