Ideas & Insights

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Advocacy and Policy

October 12, 2009

Daily Points of Light for the Nation - 1 through 334

President Bush recognized the first Daily Point of Light for the Nation on November 22, 1989, in Memphis, Tennessee. He has continued this...

Advocacy and Policy

October 12, 2009

The Points of Light Movement - The President's Report to the Nation

This report has been re-released for the Presidential Forum on Service held by President Barack Obama and hosted by Former President George H.W. Bush...

October 8, 2009

HandsOn Network: Answering the Call - United We Serve Impact Report June-Sept. 2009

HandsOn Network answered President Obama's historic call for citizen action by announcing our Get HandsOn! action campaign: a multi-year effort to...

Advocacy and Policy

September 11, 2009

Time Magazine's Community Service 2009 Report

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1921165,00.html

September 8, 2009

America's Civic Health Index

As economic distress continues through the summer and into the fall, Americans are suffering from a “civic foreclosure” that is limiting the range...

Volunteer Management

June 17, 2009

Volunteer Centers: A History of America

A history of volunteering in timeline format.