Tag: volunteers

Volunteers to the Rescue

Ray Preziosi is a cinematographer in the motion picture industry. But when a house is on fire in his town of Rosendale, New York, he exchanges his light meter for a firehose. Preziosi is a volunteer firefighter. Bill Malone is an administrator and adjunct science and math professor at St. John’s University in Queens, New…


Volunteers Try to Save Starving Buffalos on Brazil Farm Where 500 Died

BROTAS, Brazil—A group of volunteers has been trying to save hundreds of buffalos that police say were abandoned on a Brazil dairy farm, where as many as 500 have already died of hunger, according to people involved in the effort. Environmental police in the town of Brotas, some 150 miles (250 kilometer) from the capital…


Aid Scarce for Those Still Affected by Henan Flooding, Locals Claim

As devastating floods begin to recede in China’s Henan Province, several cities are still underwater after one week. Citizens in the city of Weihui have used social media to plea for water, food, and shelter in the face of minimal government assistance since July 22. Flooding affected half of Weihui’s 600,000 residents, and displaced about…


Police Appreciation Becomes Independence Day Tradition

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—After Dotty McDonald lost her husband of 51 years, Hank, in 2015, the Newport Beach resident knew she had to keep her mind and body busy. On a suggestion from her Godson, who was then a lieutenant with the Newport Beach Police Department (NBPD), McDonald enrolled in the Newport Beach Citizen’s Police Academy….


Responding to Record Number of Cases, Citizen Volunteers Lead COVID Relief Effort in India

NEW DELHI—A three-month-old baby boy from Nagpur city in central India was COVID positive and his desperate parents reached out on Twitter for help. A team of volunteers called India Cares connected the parents with a volunteer pediatrician who virtually guided the parents, who were under quarantine. The child tested negative five days later. “Thank you…


Millions of Residents in China’s Tonghua City Stuck Indoors as Food Supplies Run Out

After the sudden lockdown of Tonghua city in China’s northeastern Jilin Province, food supplies have become a major problem for its 2.3 million residents. Due to the local government’s extreme COVID-19 lockdown measures, many residents confined to their homes are running out of food. Currently, all the food supplies are distributed and delivered to households…


Millions in China’s Tonghua City Stuck Indoors as Food Supplies Run Out

After the sudden lockdown of Tonghua city in China’s northeastern Jilin Province, food supplies have become a major problem for its 2.3 million residents. Due to the local government’s extreme COVID-19 lockdown measures, many residents confined to their homes are running out of food. Currently, all the food supplies are distributed and delivered to households…