January 29, 2009
Lending a Hand in Hard Times
The recession forces charities to get creative as they recruit Americans to volunteer
Judy Scanlon volunteers in order to make other people's lives easier — even though hers is very difficult.
"I lost my husband in October, and my financial situation is extremely stressful," says Ms. Scanlon, a resident of Kimball, Mich. A few years ago, after being diagnosed with leukemia, she underwent a bone-marrow transplant that saved her life, yet nearly depleted her retirement nest egg. Today, she has health complications from the transplant and works a night shift to
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