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Minnesota Episcopalian honored by President Bush for his volunteer activities
2002-056-4
3/6/2002
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[Episcopal News Service]
Will Gove, an Episcopalian from Minneapolis, was the first volunteer in the nation to be honored by President George W. Bush in his efforts to boost volunteer activism in the nation following the September 11 tragedy at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia.
According to the White House, Bush plans to recognize local volunteers during his travels as one way to expand participation in community and national service programs. In his State of the Union address he asked every adult in the country to devote two years to volunteer activities.
Gove has built soccer fields for children, read the newspaper to the blind over the radio, helped as a Junior Achievement mentor, built a national volunteer program for retired Honeywell employees and is currently working with a foundation to build a facility for underprivileged youth in Minneapolis that will be named for Secretary of State Colin Powell, a fellow Episcopalian.
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