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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Defining AmeriCorps for kindergarten thru sixth grade students while teaching them conflict resolution becomes a complex task for Kimberly Urish and her AmeriCorps*NCCC team members as they come to find that the concept of helping others without intentions for personal gain is difficult for the children to grasp simply because it's something they've never seen. In the end, they - along with the children -come to learn the true meaning of the program. Read More
