Archive for November, 2009
Atlas Corps earned over $32,000 recently in America’s Giving Challenge, which counted the number of daily donors to Atlas Corps through Facebook Causes. Because of its fabulous showing, the organization won an additional $10,000 as top winner in the contest. Atlas Corps, the fairly new service corps that uniquely recruits skilled international and U.S. volunteers [ READ MORE ]
Update, Dec. 9: Although Alan Khazei gained the endorsements of many prominent people and even The Boston Globe, he was defeated at the polls during the Democratic primary Dec. 8th, by Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General. Khazei won 13 percent of the popular vote during yesterday’s election. Among the hopefuls to fill Ted Kennedy’s long-held [ READ MORE ]
This week, America’s Service Commissions (ASC)—the independent association of state commissions on voluntary action and service—and ServeMinnesota — the Minnesota commission on volunteering and service — have announced the launch a new resource, the AmeriCorps State Program Replication Wiki. The Kennedy Serve America Act, signed into law in April, offers the national service community an [ READ MORE ]
Cross-posted from the City Year Tumblog by Michael Messina. Young people are increasingly psyched about giving back and making a difference. Over the past year or so, interest in programs like City Year has skyrocketed. Applications to City Year tripled last year! That’s great news for all of us. On the flip side, increased applications [ READ MORE ]
This week, Peace Corps announced the death of a young Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Morocco. The 23-year-old So-Youn Kim — a 2007 Stanford grad — passed away Monday, November 16th, after an illness. The announcement from Peace Corps doesn’t specify the illness, and says the exact cause of death is unknown. She was about [ READ MORE ]
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