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Service Nation Asks: How Do You Find Volunteer Opportunities?
Submitted by servicewire on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 23:07
Be The Change, Inc. — the folks behind the Service Nation movement to grow funding and support for service opportunities — have launched a survey to ask you how you find volunteer opportunities.
A Service Nation blog post explains:
Idealist.org Grad Fairs in DC and New York this Week!
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 13:05
ServeNext Launches Field Corps to Advance Service + Social Innovation
Submitted by servicewire on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 15:16
ServeNext is launching Field Corps, an initiative to “build local and lasting grassroots networks to advance service, AmeriCorps, and social innovation…as strategies to tackle our most pressing social challenges and strengthen our democracy.”
WaysToHelp.org has free teen Volunteer Opportunities
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:34
WaysToHelp.org, would like to invite teens in the United States to apply for grants to fund their community service ideas across any one of our 16 issue areas. You can apply for a grant, by visiting www.waystohelp.org and selecting “See Ways To Help” followed by “Apply for a Grant”. Applications are short – just 5,000 words or less – and should summarize: how the project will involve others, who it will help, what effect it’s expected to have, when it will start and how the funds will be used.
VISTA Career Transitions Featured on Social Media Monday
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 15:11
The upcoming Social Media Monday webshop focuses on the career transition, especially for AmeriCorps VISTAs.
Monday May 24th at noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern, you can hop online and on the phone for a free web presentation featuring tools for your transition from VISTA.
Social Media Monday webshops (web-based workshops) are “virtual workshops for social change.” Monday’s webshop will focus on:
Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month Web Event: Diversity in Peace Corps
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 19:54
Diversity among Peace Corps Volunteer groups serving overseas is crucial to the success of the entire program — for many reasons. Peace Corps promotes person-to-person diplomacy, and aims to increase understanding among people of other countries about the United States. Without recruiting Volunteers who reflect the rich array of cultural and ethnic and racial heritages that make up U.S.
CONTEST: Winners Announced in @15 Challenge
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 13:35
One of the five Grand Prize winners of this year’s @15 Community Impact Challenge.
The 10 winners of the second @15 Community Impact Challenge have been announced.
After tallying the more than 40,000 votes cast at at15.com, the five teams of young social entrepreneurs who will receive $5,000 to scale their impact are:
CONTEST: Voting Opens in @15 Community Impact Challenge
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 13:35
Emerging Corps: Blue Engine’s Nick Ehrmann
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:51
Blue Engine's Nick Ehrmann
The New Service podcast show features a service program tackling the challenges of college completion for students from low income families. Blue Engine is now accepting applications for its 2010-11 corps.
A Chance (Every Day) to Vote for ServeNext, Atlas Corps, and other Groups
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 19:43
ServeNext— the organization whose mission is to expand opportunities in voluntary service as a way to address social ills and strengthen democracy— is participating in this month’s Pepsi Refresh Project.
So is Atlas Corps, the international service corps with the online contest Midas Touch.
And you can vote for them both every day in February.
