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SML Charity Home Tour is this weekend
ReporterThe Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour has helped area charities for more than two decades. The annual event is this weekend. Hundreds are expected to visit eight gorgeous homes nestled around Smith Mountain Lake. The homes on this year'...Tags: Social Services, Social Issues
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Cell Phones for Soldiers
internAnyone who has been away from their family for extended periods of time understand how valuable a phone call is. For a soldier miles away from home, a phone call is priceless. Unfrotunately, the cost of a phone call home runs between $7 and $8 per minute....Tags: Social Issues, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Human Interest, Cell Phones
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Roanoke's Rescue Mission needs your help collecting 2,000 book bags
ReporterRoanoke's Rescue Mission has a big mission on its hands. More than a week away from its annual Back to School¿ Blast, the charity needs to collect more than two thousand book bags. They only have 930 so far. This year's Back to School Blast has been...Tags: Social Issues, Human Interest, Back to School
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VT Athletics hosts blood drive today at Lane Stadium
ReporterThere are several blood drives held on campus at Virginia Tech throughout the year. But the one today is special. Blood donors will get rare access inside Lane Stadium for the cost of an hour of their time and a pint of their blood. This is...Tags: Blacksburg, Frank Beamer, Seth Greenberg, American Red Cross, Social Issues
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Q99's packing the bus this week
ReporterMany families are preparing for "back to school" shopping. For some, purchasing the supplies is something they can not afford. Q99's "Pack The Bus" project is here to help. Pack the Bus is making 14 stops this week. The items donated and...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Social Issues, Human Interest
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Blood donations needed heading into holiday season
ReporterThe American Red Cross has a constant need for blood donations. As we head into Thanksgiving and the holiday season, donation numbers typically go down each year. While individual donations are always accepted, Donor Days are an excellent...Tags: Human Body, Blood, American Red Cross, Human Interest, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Hokies and Hoos fans to battle in blood drive
The Hokies and Hoos will battle on the football field November 26 in Charlottesville, and soon their fans will battle to help the Red Cross.
They say Hokie fans bleed orange and maroon, UVA fans blue and orange. Now they have the chance to prove it and...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), American Red Cross, Virginia Tech Hokies
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"Go Orange" to fight hunger, change lives
ReporterTo help make sure that no one in our region has to go hungry over the holiday season, Feeding America Southwest Virginia is asking its supporters to "Go Orange." That's the color of hunger awareness. Feeding America Southwest Virginia supports... -
Blood Supply drops to critical level
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThe American Red Cross is reporting blood supplies are at critically low levels, both nationally and at the local level. The American Red Cross Appalachian Region is facing a critical blood shortage and today issued an appeal for blood donors. "Many...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, American Red Cross, Social Issues, Human Interest, Relief and Aid Organizations
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FEMA denies Virginia's appeals for tornado aide
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Virginia's appeals for federal disaster assistance.
FEMA denied Virginia's request for aide following a string of 34 tornadoes in April. Gov. Bob McDonnell appealed on May 19,...Tags: Rentals, Bob McDonnell, Disasters and Accidents, Tornadoes, Disasters
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Fire at the new Montgomery County courthouse
Christiansburg officials say welding sparks caused Thursday morning's fire at the new Montgomery County courthouse.
It happened just before 8 a.m. A construction worker was welding a bracket for an air handler on the roof when sparks got into...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Human Interest
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Bedford County man returns from tornado relief mission in Missouri
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefMany college students spend their days after graduation celebrating and looking for a job, but a recent Lynchburg College grad didn't have time for parties or career planning. He was busy helping tornado victims. "This is a house where a lady...Tags: Missouri, Tornadoes, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), American Red Cross, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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