VolunteerNow in Flint, Michigan

Lisa Tatum, VolunteerNow’s disaster manager and nationally recognized AmeriCorps alum, traveled to Flint, Mich. to manage the volunteer coordination efforts in response to the community's ongoing water crisis

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Calah Kelley
Monique Monroe: Disaster Volunteer

Monroe lead the charge for collecting and distributing donations after a tornado recently ripped through Garland and Rowlett, and it was natural for her to command this role within her community. It started with a group at her church filling the needs of its congregation, and morphed into a cafeteria-sized drop-off and donation center in a separate building.

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Calah Kelley
Jan Sanders: Grassroots Game-changer


What started over lunch has now become 45 years of transforming the community through volunteerism. VolunteerNow, originally grassroots operation SERV, was founded by Annette Strauss, Jan Sanders,Helen Boothman and Mitch Jericho to fulfill a community need for volunteer recruitment in Dallas.

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Calah Kelley
Lynn McBee: Philanthropist and Scientist


Lynn McBee is both. She moved to Dallas after graduating from the University of Texas with a biochemistry degree almost 25 years ago, and has been a philanthropic force in the community ever since, her board service totaling 26 different nonprofits and organizations. The two worlds – philanthropy and science – have collided in unexpected ways for her.

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Calah Kelley