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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. We worked up a contract and the church agreed to host us for two years, with the option of a possible future renewal. how to start a nonprofit Dick Erwin AmeriCorps'

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

Thats my list, and you probably have yours — I say that because, as the research tells us, charitable giving is driven by a host of individual motivations and preferences. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.