Posts for March, 2013
Mar
21
Posted by cmurphy to National Volunteer Week
In honor of National Volunteer Week coming up next month (April 12-27), here are five reasons why we should take some time out of our schedule to help ourselves and others by volunteering.
Mar
20
Posted by cmurphy to corporate institute
Today's blog is republished from the CSRwire blog, part three of the Civic 50 series. Today's post is written by Jackie Norris, Executive Director of Points of Lights' Corporate Institute.
A few years ago, Bladimir Martinez, then 16, was chosen as one of 10 high school students to run a real Capital One bank branch inside Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland -- a county where only 44 percent of high school graduates are considered college or career ready.
Mar
19
Posted by cmurphy to Inspiration
I started volunteering for the first time when I was 16 years old. That has been one of the best decisions that I have ever made. There are a number of benefits that can be reaped from volunteering. Below are some of those benefits:
Mar
18
Posted by cmurphy to civic incubator
Today's blog is another in the series from Huffington Post's blog posts featuring thoughts and ideas from Civic Accelerator participants, a program that helps civic startups successfully launch and scale solutions to our nation's social challenges by providing mentorship, education and investment. This is written by Jared Chung founder of CareerVillage, republished from the Huffington Post Social Entrepreneurship section Feb. 28, 2013.