Posts for July, 2012
We hope you all had some holiday relaxation last week for the 4th of July. We've been in stormy weather all week in Atlanta. Hope you all have a sunny, beautiful weekend for volunteering! Happy Friday the 13th! Here are the news from the past couple of days:
Chautauqua Institute is quintessentially and uniquely American. In the words of David McCullough, "There is no place like it. No resort. No spa. Not anywhere else in the country, or anywhere else in the world. It is at once a summer encampment and a small town - a college campus, an arts colony, a music festival, a religious retreat, and the village square. It is all of these things and it's none of these - just. And there is no place - no place - with anything like its history."
For a month this summer, Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, is taking a cross-country trip to learn from the people across the country who are rolling up their sleeves and tackling the critical issues before us. Across the nation, she will search out and share the stories of change agents – people who are creating new ways of using their time, talents, voice and money to address the problems they face in their communities. While the political parties are talking about the things that divide us, Points of Light will be
Today's guest post is written by Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of YMCA of the USA, the national resource of the Y – a leading nonprofit for strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.