Volunteer for the American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to help with community outreach, educating local folks about free cancer programs available to patients and families.

Outreach includes sharing information on a range of resources. Training is provided.

Volunteers are needed to work in the Cancer Resource Center at Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center one day a week for approximately four hours.

For more information: Kerri at the American Cancer Society: 422-0846.

Peace Corps announces 18 percent increase in applications

Is this another bit of fall-out from the recession? One of those fall-outs where everybody benefits, I guess. The Peace Corps recruited 15,386 applicants in fiscal year 2009 — the largest amount of applications since the agency began electronically recording applications in 1998.

As of Sept. 30, 2009, 7,671 Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response volunteers and trainees were serving worldwide in 74 host countries.