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4 Life-Enriching Reasons to Volunteer

Volunteer Hub

Volunteering has the power to positively impact the community and provide you with life-changing benefits at the same time. Here are four ways that volunteering your time for others can enrich your own life too. Improve Your Social Life. The post 4 Life-Enriching Reasons to Volunteer appeared first on VolunteerHub.

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Value of volunteer time rose nearly 5 percent in 2020

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Bureau of Labor Statistics and uses data from AmeriCorps on volunteer hours. As we celebrate our volunteers during National Volunteer Week, we should know just how much value these tireless individuals contribute to creating a healthier and more equitable nation,” said Independent Sector president and CEO Daniel J. Cardinali.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

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. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences

Whole Whale

About : Formerly DMA: Washington Nonprofit Conference) Hosted by ANA (Association of National Advertisers), which acquired DMA Nonprofit Federation , this multi-day conference offers plenty of fresh ideas and expertise. In 2023, we’ll be providing Lessons in Building Momentum through the roller coaster of nonprofit life!

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

AmeriCorps Coordinator. Nelson Mandela spent four-plus decades as an activist and freedom fighter and 27 years in prison because the demeaning National Party policy of apartheid in South Africa impeded black South Africans’ ability to live with human dignity. Reading about other social activists forces me to examine my own life.

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Mixed Reality Learning Lab: @techsoup at NCVS

Tech Soup

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

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Elsbeth Pollack is a Program Manager for Public Allies Arizona (PAAZ) , an AmeriCorps program that engages service-minded young individuals in 10-months of paid leadership training, apprenticeships, and service opportunities in collaboration with local nonprofit partner organizations. Elsbeth Pollack Program Manager, Public Allies Arizona.

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