SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — A new candidate has entered the presidential race who is sure to win the vote of children of all ages.

NORFOLK, VA — Every doll deserves a doll. That’s the motto for a Norfolk 9-year-old on a mission. While most little girls are playing with Barbies, Gianni Graham has been thinking of ways to give them away.

CAMBY — She’s not by any measure, rolling in money, but still gives a lot of what she has to people who have even less.

BOSTON — It’s January – the month of retail returns.

KOKOMO — A 12-year-old Kokomo boy is hoping you’ll send him a Christmas card this year.

BILLINGS, MONT. — Jacob Studer is a second grader, a businessman and a philanthropist. He founded Billings Best Hiking Sticks to help raise money for those in need.

ATLANTA — An Atlanta resident snapped a touching photo at the Lindbergh Center MARTA station while waiting for a train over the weekend. He called it “humans & humanity” and it’s quickly going viral.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — After a groom-to-be called off a Sacramento wedding, the bride-to-be’s family decided to turn the extravagant event into a feast for those less fortunate.

SYRACUSE — If you walked in on a regular monthly meeting of the local organization, Women of Today, you may think you had interrupted a social gathering of friends. The women are quite literally “of today,” in their progressive ideas and approach to community service.

Indiana Business Opportunity Partners (iBOP) held a charity quarter auction for Fellowship Missions in Warsaw on Sept. 19, at the American Legion Post #49 in Warsaw. The iBOP group was able to make an $1,166 donation to Fellowship Missions and wish to thank those that supported the event. Fellowship Missions Homeless Shelters were created to …read more.

LEESBURG – A recap of the annual Steve Dodds Memorial Tournament held at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.

WARSAW — St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Warsaw will be holding the Big Chicken Charity Sale to benefit the new church building fund Sept. 11.

The Steve Dodds Charity Golf Event sponsored by the Cancer Care Fund of Kosciusko County will take place Monday, August 31. Teams will have options to play at either 8 a.m. or 1 p.m. with breakfast and lunch served to all participants.

  Kosciusko County Velo Cycling has donated $5,000 to a newly established Ride+Walk Fund. The money will go to help reach the matching funds needed for the recent K21 Health Foundation’s 3-1 matching grant of $375,000 for the community’s Ride+Walk project on East Market Street, which includes the addition of a world-class pedestrian and bicycle-friendly …read more.

By RUSTY RITTER General Manager, Rabb Water Systems Rabb Water Systems, the local Kinetico dealer, has partnered with a non for profit organization called Water For Good. Water For Good provides clean water resources for people in the Central Africa Republic. Rabb is donating a portion of their clean water sales to the Water For …read more.

By BUZZ LAIL Warsaw Plunge Chair, Special Olympics Indiana For the first time ever, Warsaw will host a Polar Plunge, benefiting Special Olympics Indiana. Daring souls and warm hearts will prepare for an icy dip at the 2015 Polar Plunge. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21, the Plunge will be located at the Center …read more.

The American Bikers Aimed Towards Education of Kosciusko County presented a donation check to Our Father’s House on Tuesday, Jan. 13. ABATE members Rhonda Hardy and Kirby LeMond presented the check to Roz Morgan of Our Father’s House. ABATE is a non-profit safety, educational, charitable and advocacy motorcyclist organization. It aims to promote safety, protect …read more.

Fifth graders at Pierceton Elementary are giving back to the community they live in. Teachers were given a list of 14 seniors that live in the Pierceton community that could use a little extra Christmas cheer. Teachers then sent out a list of needed items with the students. Parents and students were extremely generous and …read more.

Wal-Mart of Warsaw is participating in a national campaign to support The Salvation Army with its efforts during the holidays to help those in need. A display will be at the front of the store near the Market entrance where donors can leave new toys and new or gently used coats. The collection will take …read more.

By MICHELLE BALL Pierceton Elementary Fourth graders at Pierceton Elementary School are giving up a school gift exchange this year to help others in need. The fourth graders have donated shoe boxes and small items to go in them. Students are packing the shoe boxes to be sent to children of disaster relief and in …read more.

By STEPHANIE OVERBEY Associate Director, Kosciusko County Community Foundation The Kosciusko County Community Foundation recently awarded a $15,000 grant to the Town of Winona Lake toward the construction of the splash pad at Limitless Park. The grant was made from community funds. This grant brings total Community Foundation grant support, from all funds, for Limitless …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools challenged each school in the district to donate new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots, an annual service project for the schools. The WCS bus drivers gathered up the toys from each school and WCS Central Office on Friday, Dec. 5. WCS is …read more.

By DEBBIE SHAFER Manager, Shoe Sensation Shoe Sensation, 2884 Frontage Road, Warsaw, has announced its commitment to help local children in need. From Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Monday, Dec. 8, Shoe Sensation will help Big Brothers Big Sisters, a local not-for-profit institution dedicated to helping deserving children in the community, by accepting donations on their …read more.

By REBECCA BAZZONI Executive Director, Joe’s Kids First Lady Karen Pence hosted the second award reception for grant recipients of the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation at the Governor’s residence on Wednesday, where she awarded $15,000 to 19 organizations and charities that serve Hoosier families and children across the state. Kasey Kohlmorgen, who was on …read more.

By JOLENE BAILEY Lifetouch Ministries Professor Matt Metzger’s Event Planning Class is putting on a benefit for Lifetouch Ministries, through Grace College. LifeTouch Ministries is non-profit counseling center that is donor based. Come enjoy an evening of cuisine for a good cause. The Appetizer Wars will be held on the Grace College in Westminster Hall …read more.

Since Sept. 22, Kerlin Motor Co. in Silver Lake has been collecting winter coats for its annual coat drive. For the last 16 years, Kerlin has hosted the coat drive. Donations have grown from year to year, and now the company gets approximately 1,000 pieces of outerwear each year. The coats are collected at various …read more.

By AMBER HODOREK Hither & Yon This Friday and Saturday, October 17-18, Hither & Yon will be hosting a large home goods sale at Lakeland Christian Academy including everything from re-purposed furniture to other beautiful and unique home furnishings including pillows, lamps, wall art and other craft items. All of the proceeds will be used …read more.

For those unfamiliar with the Both Hands organization, it is a non-profit group that offers assistance to widows, orphans and adoptive families. Through community projects that help widows, the organization raises money to help facilitate adoptions. “The inspiration for Both Hands came as a result a friend of mine wrote to me,” says JT Olson, Founder …read more.

The 2014 Steve Dodds Charity Golf Tournament for the Cancer Care Fund of Kosciusko County will once again be held at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club. This year’s event will be on Monday, Sept. 8. Tee times will be 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. There is no scheduled rain date. Every day someone learns a loved …read more.