ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

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. My mother tried to hide her excitement as she handed me the phone, but her eyes lit up.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. According to their website, they get state money to provide services to adults and children with developmental disabilities. I called them up, let the phone ring 10 times, and nobody picked up.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

It provides the basis for regular reporting on volunteerism by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Through the 1980s and 1990s, such outfits as Gallup, Westat, and Princeton Survey Research Associates reported national volunteering estimates north of 40 percent and sometimes higher than 50 percent. One in four.

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