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United We Serve Brings Catholics and Muslims Together
Serve.gov – This year during Ramadan, right before the start of the United We Serve Interfaith Week of Service, the Interfaith Committee at my church, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia, organized an iftar (dinner to break the Ramadan fast) for members of local Muslim communities. [...]

Lots of good stories on last night’s night out (although some got rained out and moved down)
Neighbors gather to celebrate National Night Out
San Antonio Express – Eva Ruth Moravec, Valentino Lucio – Allie Hostetter looked around the Calvary Temple parking lot as hundreds gathered to watch a local elementary school choir, grabbed a bite [...]

Making Community Happen Here

Richmond Times Dispatch – David T. Anderson – What if we brought together a disparate group of people who serve wide-ranging needs through a variety of institutions, and the families they serve, and worked together to build community? An expanding group of local people is doing just that, and last [...]

A beautiful idea comes to town

Duncan Banner – Kevin Kerr – The idea got to her, and she came up with something that has turned into a day-long event called Neighbors helping Neighbors. The event won’t be limited to curb cleaning, but to whatever community members think needs to be done in their neighborhoods to [...]

Transcript: Ground was broken on a new home back in May that is bringing one community together in the spirit of service.
Habitat for humanity is known across the country for helping people to live the dream of owning their home. Tuesday night that dream became a little closer to reality for one Pocatello family [...]