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Senator Hillary Clinton at the Service Nation Summit!

Have Fun - Do Good

." -- James Keller Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) was one of the final speakers today at the Service Nation Summit. Clinton called America, "The" Service Nation, and said that service has never been more important than it is today. "As Senator Clinton talked about the bipartisan coalition of Senators (Sen.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. “I CVAs described how transitioning to virtual and remote service removed the barriers of distance and lack of transportation.

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Webinar: Welcome Messages That Work

Care2

A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. She has also recently served a term with AmeriCorps, leading a team of environmental education volunteers. Dane Grams - Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, is the.

ASU Lodestar Center

The claim of increased commerciality starts feeling rather official when Tuckman and Chang proclaim it in Chapter 27 of the well-regarded Research Handbook and Anheier alerts students to significantly growing marketization and reliance on fee income on page 211 of his textbook. Those, friends, are big names. percent of sector resources.

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40 Volunteer Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind

Volunteer Hub

One out of four American’s volunteer, two out of three Americans help their neighbor according to a study performed by The Corporation for National & Community Service. Volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate to a charity than those that don’t volunteer according to The Corporation for National & Community Service.

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Finding Pride in American Service

ASU Lodestar Center

I watched the marching students below and mulled over that awesome responsibility, and, oddly enough, felt the dawning of a supremely foreign thought. Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. Even our U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. Over the course of this past semester, teams of students have been working through the rating process for a pool of organizations. Its an exciting time.

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