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AP: Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked participation
Thalia Beaty | Nov. 19, 2024
From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic.
The Harvard Gazette | May 31, 2022
"Once again, we are facing an existential threat to the republic. Once again, we hear a clarion call for unity and action. Once again, we face the question: Will our citizenry answer the call?" Excerpted from “Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made” by David Gergen, professor of public service and founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Read more at The Harvard Gazette.
Adam Blake and Laura Mercer
Dayton Daily News | May 29
On Memorial Day 2019, 19 tornadoes damaged nearly 6,000 homes in Dayton, Ohio. A coalition of the region’s non-profit organizations, was created to manage the recovery of tornado-impacted individuals and households and created opportunities for families to become first-time homeowners. Read more at Dayton Daily News.
Kelli Bender
People Magazine | May 20, 2022
AmeriCorps members joined International Fund for Animal Welfare and National Park Service in Cape Cod, Mass. to help place seven stranded dolphins back to the sea. Read more from People Magazine.
Mary Benjamin
Fort Bragg Advocate-News | May 7, 2022
A partnership between the San Francisco Boys and Girls Club and AmeriCorps brought a team of eight young adults and their team leader to Camp Mendocino in Jackson State Demonstration Forest to repair, rebuild, and clear hiking trails. Read more from Fort Bragg Advocate News.
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