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AmeriCorps Alums Wants YOU to Redesign Their Logo

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AmeriCorps Alums wants you to design their new logo. Top prizes include a FLiP handheld video camera and AmeriCorps Alums Inauguration jacket (limited edition). In addition, the chapter that submits the most individual entries will receive a service grant and an assortment of AmeriCorps Alums merchandise.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

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Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

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2009) found that stipends promote inclusion, efficiency and effectiveness. Volunteers received stipend support from several sources, including federal AmeriCorps programs, private foundations and school districts. Despite limited research on the effectiveness of stipends on volunteers, investigators (McBride, et. Sources: 1.

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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions

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Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

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It was completed and published in November 2009. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Sources: ^ [1] "Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector" from La Piana Consulting was commissioned by the James Irvine Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

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Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

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Since we started this undertaking in 2009, weve heard each year that demand is on the rise, and that remains the expectation for 2011. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector.