Archive for January, 2010
Volunteering up again, slightly, in 2009. This week the Corporation for National and Community Service announced that a new Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows that 1.5 million more people in the U.S. volunteered in 2009 than in 2008. The number of people volunteering through organizations rose from 61.8 million to 63.4 million between September [ READ MORE ]
Originally posted on Idealist.org‘s homepage blog. When a major disaster happens in the world, it’s common, and frankly humanity-affirming, for global citizens to want to help. However, when the disaster in question is as devastating as last week’s earthquake in Haiti, it is often the case that the primary way folks are encouraged to get [ READ MORE ]
Who has a couple of New Years’ resolutions in mind for 2010? I know I do. In the spirit of healthiness, many Americans want to become more health conscious. And health conscious resolutions usually involve a gym membership, diet, and “dream weight” on the scale. However, as many of us start this New Year, we [ READ MORE ]
Dear readers, This week Action Without Borders/Idealist.org (my organization) is competing in the Chase Community Giving Contest on Facebook. Through this contest, any Facebook user can vote for an organization to win a million dollars — organizations that end up in the top six earn $100,000. Idealist has made it to the second round, and [ READ MORE ]
Today’s guest on The New Service podcast is Michelle Nunn, CEO of the Points of Light Institute and Co-Founder of the HandsOn Network. Points of Light Institute inspires, equips and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world. In 2007, the Points of Light Institute grew out of the merger between the Points of [ READ MORE ]
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