David Eisner Named President and CEO of National Constitution Center
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Constitution Center Board of Trustees announced today that it has appointed David Eisner, former Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, to serve as the...
Volunteerism Sparks Municipal Innovation and Recovery
Cities are in a bind. The recent NLC report on City Fiscal Conditions in...
Michelle Nunn and Points of Light Featured in Inside Philanthropy blog
A surge in service in the U.S. has handed the giving sector the huge job of gearing itself to match its needs with those of volunteers.
And as government shifts its investment and role in engaging volunteers, a critical task will be to better match volunteer...
More Americans Catching Volunteer Spirit
Volunteerism in the United States has jumped 33 percent since 1989, according to Points of Light Institute, from about one in every five Americans to more than one in every four participating last year.
That's 23 million more people chipping in, for a total of...
After Two Tough Years, New Points of Light Charity Emerges
When Michelle Nunn was just out of college in 1989, she became what she calls the "glorified intern-slash-executive director" of a volunteer organization in Atlanta that was created by a dozen people who chipped in $50 each.
Today, Ms. Nunn presides over a...
Presidents Obama, Bush Celebrate
Demand, idealism and presidential impact are leading American volunteerism to its third and most important stage - the movement of service to a central role in our national priorities. Boomers and teens are leading a record surge in overall volunteering even as millions...
Points of Light Institute CEO and HandsOn Network Co-Founder Michelle Nunn Featured in The NonProfit Times article
Volunteers from around the nation helped to build a new playground in Philadelphia during the spring of 1997. As part of the Presidents' Summit For America's Future, a who's who of national figures took part in service projects all along Germantown Avenue: four living...
The NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Volunteering as a Fashion Statement
NPT Power & Influence honorees show how community service can power a nation
Service is the new black. It’s so fashionable that those leading the national service movement have packed the...
Neil Bush praises Obama's Use of bully pulpit
I caught up today with Neil Bush, the chairman of the board of the Points of Light Institute and the son of former president George H.W. Bush. He told me that he deeply admires the personal commitment to service that President Obama and his wife, Michelle, have made and...
Points of Light Institute Honors Deloitte
Deloitte Earns 2009 Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence for Exemplary Workplace Volunteer Program
CSRwire.com — SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 24, 2009 - Deloitte, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, will be honored today with the Points...
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