Volunteering
61 Million Strong;
Need and Momentum Grow
The most comprehensive research on U.S. volunteering ever
assembled shows volunteering in America is strong and poised
for growth, as momentum for service grows across the sectors
and the need for volunteers is heightened by the economic
downturn.
Nearly 61 million Americans volunteered in their communities
in 2007 giving 8.1 billion hours of service worth more than
$158 billion to America’s communities, according to the
Volunteering in America report released on July 28th by the
Corporation for National and Community Service. >
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National
Service Battles Midwestern Floods
As the most severe flooding in 15 years hits the Midwest,
hundreds of AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve
America participants are working alongside tens of thousands
of volunteers in battling the raging floodwaters, piling
sandbags, running shelters and hotlines, and assisting
evacuees. >
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What is this AmeriCorps? Why is my friend so proud of finishing a year in it? Is it something I might want to do, too? I had many questions running through my mind when a couple of people I know began talking about their year in AmeriCorps. So I began to ask questions. I learned this is a volunteer organization, affiliated with Marshfield Clinic. That it is a way to get excellent training for working with young people. That there was an education award on completion of a one-year term. Read More
