Urbana school volunteering strong; more helpers sought

URBANA – Between September and December 2008, volunteers contributed about 9,000 hours of free labor to Urbana schools.

At the Tuesday meeting of the Urbana school board – held at 7:30 p.m. at 205 N. Race St., U – Barbara Linder, the school district's community connections coordinator, will talk about volunteering in the district.

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